03-31-2015, 11:46 PM
Leaving PHL (Philly) at night, I forget the reason but the runway lights were not working and aircraft operations were grounded. We were waiting for a half hour or so and suddenly the you hear the engines spool up and we are going down the taxi way in the dark and finally on to the runway...we took off in the dark with no runway lights when airport operations were supposed to be suspended....this was on Air Jamaica early 2000s.
Leaving PHL we were on a US airways flight to Sangster, everyone is boarded and check is complete...we begin to push back and suddenly the aircraft stopped...turns out the 9v battery for the emergency exit door failed to illuminate...well how hard is it to find a battery? hard...try 8 hours! 4 on the plane and the rest in the airport.
Flying into PHL from Sangster in a winter storm (Air Jamaica mid-2000s) we were on approach the aircraft began to yaw heavily, we didn't "land" we hit the runway on a angle HARD and I mean HARD! overhead bins opened and everything in the cabin shifted...felt like a roller coaster ride from hell.
Leaving PHL we were on a US airways flight to Sangster, everyone is boarded and check is complete...we begin to push back and suddenly the aircraft stopped...turns out the 9v battery for the emergency exit door failed to illuminate...well how hard is it to find a battery? hard...try 8 hours! 4 on the plane and the rest in the airport.
Flying into PHL from Sangster in a winter storm (Air Jamaica mid-2000s) we were on approach the aircraft began to yaw heavily, we didn't "land" we hit the runway on a angle HARD and I mean HARD! overhead bins opened and everything in the cabin shifted...felt like a roller coaster ride from hell.