Dealing with a delayed flight is enough of a headache in itself, but nothing makes tensions rise like when a delayed flight is actually stuck on the runway for hours at a time, with passengers trapped on the plane. Such as the case with a recent Ryanair flight — a budget airline out of Ireland — when the plane headed for Dublin was stuck on a runway in Glasgow for eight hours.
As passengers became increasingly restless and agitated, demanding an explanation, a probably equally as agitated flight attendant finally offered one up, albeit one that would make most people want off the plane immediately. In the above video, the flight attendant can be heard telling passengers, “The captain cannot take off when we have ice on the wings, and we don’t want to die,” which went over about how you’d expect it to.
One passenger, Elle Ryan, documented the situation on Instagram:
“This is what happens when you’ve been delayed almost 8 hours, everyone’s at a lost including staff ‘we don’t want to die’ absolute mayhem.” She added: “All hell was breaking loose when a member of staff made this outrageous announcement.”
Ella told how the disturbing message “only fueled the already anxious and angry passengers”. She also revealed passengers were “continuously receiving inconsistent reasons for the delay” and were only given a £3.50 ($7.20) voucher.
What amounts to an airline-sized mini bottle of vodka or wine doesn’t even begin to compensate for being told that this literally could be your Final Destination.
(Via News.com.au)