Well, we got on the airplane Saturday afternoon at Raleigh-Durham Airport and took a 1hr45min trip to Dallas-Fort Worth. This was unique for me, since I haven't flown in an airliner during my entire adult life. Anyway, we got to DFW and had boarded our connecting flight within 15 minutes. Cool! So we take off and start heading to Phoenix. We are in the air about an hour and a half when the plane starts making some turns. A buddy of mine says he sees some huge thunderheads in front of us. The captain then comes on and says that the weather radar has gone down, so he is returning to DFW!
So we fly all the way back, and now we don't know if they are going to fix the plane quickly, put us up overnight in a hotel, or put us in another plane. After about a one hour wait, they announce that the weather radar has been fixed, but that something was found to be wrong with one of the engines in the MD-80 we were flying in, so we got transferred to another plane.
Once boarded, the plane had not been catered. We waited an hour on the tarmac waiting for the caterer. The passengers voted and decided to leave without any water, drinks, or food. And just as the captain decided to go, the caterer showed up, stalling us another 20 minutes. We finally arrived in Phoenix around 2230 local time, or about 12 hours after we started our journey, or about 8 hours later than we should have.
One final note: Who in the hell wants to live in such a hot place!!
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