For various reasons are forced to fly often. Last year, between Turin and Milan and Rome this year.
I never passed at all and that I 'happened long ago and told here.
Since then I have no more' traveled with tranquility, 'during the flight listening carefully all the noises, I feel more air pockets and turbulence.'m forced to distract to read something or talk to someone (if they do not get to sleep ... I can not speak).
This premise to tell me and what 'happened the past weekend (from May 3 to 4).
Sunday 3 had a return flight to Rome at 19:55 , despite being left home at 17 not able to reach the airport in time due to enormous traffic! Absurd really ... the line of cars started from Augusta to the entrance of the ring! So that makes me think that before designing the bridge of Messina, which ended the features inside! Ca%% o!
But back to the question of flights, since the next day I had already ' booked from one to 8.55 (to go to the customer in Milan) I bought the first available flight that would allow me not to lose it: Meridiana operated by WindJet of 6:10 am (arrival 7.35). Seared
traffic of the day before I get up at 2:30 to travel to CT to be 3.00.
I arrived at the airport in 50 minutes ... There was nobody on the street!
Anyway, I wait for the opening of check-in, metal detectors, and boarding the flight departs on time ...
arrived nearly half 'trip (I think around Naples) feel a strange metallic noise coming from the bottom of the aircraft. Never heard a noise ... like someone scratching the plate ... and alert me ... I tend more ' le orecchie e mi accorgo che il rumore persevera nel tempo, anche se piu' tenue.
Passano 5 minuti ed il comandante annuncia: " ... a causa di vibrazioni anomale siamo costretti a tornare a Catania per far analizzare ai tecnici un possibile guasto all'aeromobile ... "
E li', fra la fifa e l'inca%%atura penso: "aereo delle 8.55 perso!"
Atterriamo a Catania alle 7.15, ci riportano ai gate e ci dicono che dobbiamo attendere notizie. Molte persone avevano coincidenze a Roma, qualcuno si e' fatto spostare i voli successivi, qualcuno si e' comprato il biglietto su un altro volo in partenza, qualcuno ha rinunciato ed ha preso il treno per Roma e molti (tra cui io) hanno aspettato.
Among the various pulls and spring at about 10:30 we re-inbarcano on the same aircraft, it seems that the problem is a loose door ... engineers have found no other abnormalities.
Starting over ... and I swear ... not even 15 minutes have passed ... noise and this time you 'felt tripled! General Fear! We perceive a loss of power, perhaps pilots have slowed ... I do not know ... but this has contributed to the panic on board.
Obviously the commander made the announcement of the immediate return to Catania apologizing.
The process of landing and 'was traumatic, a little' we all got the impression that the plane did not take good attitude in flight. But thank God we landed.
Back at the gate tell us that change aircraft, but I give up on the fly, I agree with the company for me to take a direct flight to Milan. It leaves at about 15:40 (with ... but I had to do reluctantly) to the hotel around 18 pm.
conclusion I would say that it is' inconceivable to restart an airplane without understanding where the fault is ... I hope someone intervenes seriously!
The next day I phoned Max (friend journalist) to interview the incident, should come out an article on Sicily. If I can recover the share here.
Anyway I wonder: "Why 'must happen to these things? "
Update: and' release article here. And the interview that made me Maximus' aired on television on the evening of May 5.
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