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THE ROAD TO NO WHERE!

We sat patiently waiting, listening for the bell to confirm take off! As the bell rang I sighed with relief but was nervous as it was only my second time to use a plane. I glanced at my watch reminding me I had 5 hours to get to Egypt, as always I was very rushed for time and needed to attend the meeting. As we got higher the white fluffy clouds distracted me. I got comfortable and let my eyes shut, not long after a polite young air hostess asked “if I would like any refreshments” I eagerly replied “yes please, could I have a bottle of water and a ham sandwich. I hadn’t eaten all day and my belly was roaring, I shovelled it in and was gone within seconds but it hit the spot! I sat back in my seat and soon after was in a deep sleep I was woken by a warning asking everyone to return to their seats and fasten there seatbelts as there were high speed gales ahead. This time I kept awake I was too cautious about the gale I looked around the plane and everyone looked calm but most people had been on a plane more than twice. As we hit the gale the plane shook I clenched on to the arm rest like I was hanging off the edge of a cliff. The plane rocked side to side and it didn’t look as if the winds were going to calm down, I started to feel very uncomfortable and worried. I looked around the plane and everyone looked quite unsure about the situation we were in, we were in the middle of a gale and couldn’t do anything but sit and hope. I asked the person to the right of me if she was ok she replied in a shaken voice “yes I’m just not very keen on flying” this comforted me I know knew I wasn’t the only one. As the plane rocked the wind took it away the oxygen masks dropped from the ceiling, I knew it was over and couldn’t do anything but listen to the wind screech past the plane heading directly for the ground. As my life passed before my eyes the plane hammered to the ground and my head smashed against the seat in front of me, I heard my nose crack and blood poured down my face like a waterfall.

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        I touched my face and I could not believe I was alive, I crawled to the emergency exit in a struggle to survive as I took a deep breath and said to myself “I’m almost there” the plane blew up in to a roaring fire, the temperature was immense and i felt the heat hit my face it felt like It had been whipped hundreds of times. I rolled out of the plane as fast I could and slammed on to the gritty floor I crawled away from the roaring fire struggling to breath with all the fumes I had ...

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