Well, at least this ended well.
An Alaska Airlines wing
burst
into flames in Calgary causing the fuselage to fill with smoke and, needless to say, freaking out everyone aboard.
Apparently mmany of the passengers were pissed that they weren’t evacuated right away, which makes some sense, assuming
there was gas in the plane.
The irony here, and this is some heavy irony, is the smoke filled the cabin right in the middle of the flight
attendant safety speech. “Ladies and gentlemen, in the case of emergency please….RUUUUUUNNNN!” Seriously, that’s what
was happening. The passengers were screaming to get the emergency doors open, the stewardess was running up and down
the aisles, smoke was filling the cabin and you could see flames outside.
And in the end, everyone got out. And on top of that, everyone got a sniy new $5 gift certificate for use at the
coffee shop which, given airport prices, purchased a half a biscotti. Aw, thanks Alaska.