Whoa... Wimington, NC... That brings back memories
I was a passanger on the Virgin Atlantic flight from Miami to London Heathrow that had to make an emergency landing there a couple of years ago, apparently, (we found out afterwards) there was a Saniflo unit on one of the toilets that was expelling sufficient smoke to set off all the fire alarms in the hold. We were 300 miles out over the Atlantic when we had to turn round due to the rear of the plane starting to fill with smoke. AT that point the pilot didn't know it was just smoke, they had to assume the worst that there was an actual fire on board... Scary stuff!!. The plane staff were preparing us for a ditch into the sea. Seems you guys hadn't seen a mega sized jumbo jet land on that airstrip before, we became something of celebrities in the newspaper the next day
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I have to say the people we met during our brief 24 hour stayover were absolutely brilliant and did everything they could to make us welcome. I particularly remember the very nice staff at the place where we stayed (I think it was the Holiday Inn) and also at a steakhouse around the corner where I had a MEGA steak for lunch.
It seemed a really nice place and i'd love to return one day under different circumstances.
Cheers
Jem




. Seems you guys hadn't seen a mega sized jumbo jet land on that airstrip before, we became something of celebrities in the newspaper the next day
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