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Old Nov 12, 2003 | 10:27 am
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I'm not superstitious, but comparing some of my experiences to the above, maybe I should be!

Delayed a whole day by fog (and other times shorter delays) - from WLG no less!

Delayed 6 hours by storm. An hour of this was spent in the plane bouncing on the tarmac waiting for it to clear.

One trip was an unending series of delays. First a power cut delayed the first leg by 4 hours due to manual refuelling. Then a near miss on landing because aircraft on runway. Needless to say we had missed the slot for next leg so further delays at this transit. Third leg thought we'd been lucky as connecting plane was held back several hours so made it despite all the bad luck. You guessed it, we made it but the bags didnt The next transit stop also had delays due to missing that slot - so spent an hour on the taxiway. All up half a day late in arriving!

Numerous bad landings at WLG including fly-arounds. And a couple of hairy landings elsewhere too.
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