Hi everyone,
We eventually arrived home from Rhodes after an incredibly tortuous journey.
Plane took off 15 minutes late , no problem there.
An hour into the journey we had the " is there a doctor or nurse on board " announcement.
For the first time ever we were sat in seats 1a and b and were privy to everything.
A passenger had an allergic reaction ( but wasn't allergic to anything!) and then had a seizure.
Cabin crew wanted to give him an epi pen so that was the next announcement was " does anyone have a spare epi pen ".
Another seizure and epi pen doesn't do the trick so pilot decides to divert to Brindisi.
We land with 2 ambulances waiting. Patient then says " I'm ok I had a seizure on the way over and this has happened plenty of times before"
Initially refuses to get off but then agrees shouting " make sure they bring my duty free fags and booze"
Honestly it was like a scene out of Phoenix Nights .
They unload his bags ( no idea how he will get back - surely every airline will refuse to fly him - and he probably doesn't have insurance, get a local mechanic to do a safety check , refuel, get a new flight schedule and back in the air in an hour and a half and with just 15 minutes before the pilot would have been up on his hours.
Got into Manchester only 2 hours late but then taxi driver found every road around Wrightington and Parbold flooded and impassable.
Eventually got us home by driving through a river which came over the cars tyres ( I'd never have tried it )
Anyway home now and knackered.
Speak tomorrow.