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Mark Cousin 10E

Stranded

The holiday had finally begun. As I climbed aboard the jumbo I looked forward to arriving in Florida but the thought of the 8 hour journey was not a good one. I’m afraid of flying and rarely do fly but I was so stressed at work I felt I deserved a relaxing break.

We had been in the air for about 5 hours when the turbulence started the pilot’s voice rang out from the speakers above as the TV screens folded away into the space above. I felt slightly worried.

Suddenly we hit further turbulence the plane seemed to drop dramatically. We emerged from the sky like a bullet out of a gun; I saw a small island nearing in the distance. BANG! A piece of luggage fell from the above compartments and hit an elderly lady. Panic surged through me and my vision went blurred I suddenly found myself being sick. The pilots voice screamed through the speakers but was drowned out by the sound of petrified screams.

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The last thing I saw was the tops of trees bright green trees we were heading straight for them… then I passed out…

OW! My head was pounding like crazy, there was blood

 Over my jeans a sense of confusion overwhelmed me. I was sick once again. I undone my tangled seatbelt and clambered up, the smell of smoke filled my nostrils I coughed and then drew back when I saw the huge flames they screamed at me to go away. I turned around and clambered over bodies and luggage until I found the door it was broken ...

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