Flight no.666 I was standing there with my baggage waiting for my baggage to go through the counter.

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DHRUV MITTAL        MISS STRICKLAND        ENGLISH

        Flight no.666

I was standing there with my baggage waiting for my baggage to go through the counter.  The woman behind the counter asked me for my passport which I handed over to her carefully.  There was a series of loud beeps that were coming from the screen where she was pressing many buttons at once. Just as I thought she had finished I looked towards her only to find she started to complain about the baggage being overweight.  I reluctantly and lazily picked up my luggage; I removed my favourite pair of boots, which were navy blue 6-inch timberlands, and a few pairs of jeans.  I handed over the things to her telling her to send it to my home, I zipped up the bag slowly and carefully leaving the package untouched and hidden.  I got my baggage through and received my boarding pass.  I dragged my briefcase off the desk while tucking the boarding pass into my pocket.  I walked up to a large plasma screen, which told me that my flight no.666 would leave in two hours from gate 6.  I noted the information on a piece of paper and headed towards the departure lounge.   I went from to shop to shop and once I had got bored I rested at Starbucks with a cup of a cappuccino.  Although I got to my gate on time there was a long queue to get in.  When my turn came I looked at the airhostess who was dressed very well and neatly but there was       something unusual about her.  Before I could get scared I slipped past her on to the aircraft.  Once I got on I realized I had the worst seat, the middle seat.  I was squashed between two large sized families.  

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The aeroplane set off and I switched on the LCD screen, which was stuck on to the seat in front of me.  The plane was over crowded line a cinema with the premier of Harry Potter.  It quickly became 2’o’ clock in the morning and my eyes were wide open.  Then, all of a sudden the aircraft started shaking, the lights were flickering, my beer spilt all over me and people’s suitcases started falling out, babies were crying, I frantically searched for my briefcase and held it to my chest.  The aircraft stopped shaking but then the lights went ...

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