I flew via Paris from Bangalore to Manchester. The flight from Bangalore landed in Paris at 08:30 and it took an hour to finish the transfer and security process at Charles de Gaulle airport. The flight to Manchester was scheduled to leave at 13:15 CET.
At 12:30, there was an announcement that the flight was postponed to 14:00 hrs as the incoming flight from Madrid was delayed due to some brake problems. At 13:30, there was one more announcement that the flight would be taking off at 14:30 instead of 14:00. I had started the journey 16 hours before and i was really looking forward to reach my home at Manchester. Boarding commenced at 14:00 and was completed by 14:20. At 14:30, there was an announcement from the cockpit that one passenger was stuck at the security and was not able to make it to the flight but his luggage was already loaded onto the flight. We waited in the flight for another 30 mins to get the luggage out.
Finally at 15:00, the flight left the parking bay. We were all so relieved to take off after sitting in the flight for an hour. The plane reached the runway but instead of taking off, the pilot announced that we would be returning to the bay as the autopilot was not working. When we heard this, We gave up and most of them began to doze off, leaving it to fate to get us to Manchester. After an hour of repair, the flight finally took off from Paris at 16:00. I started saying my prayers for the flight to land safely in Manchester.
Finally we landed in manchester after an hour and we were all so relieved. But luck still had some more plans for us under its sleeve. We cleared immigration and we came to the baggage carousel and we found that it was empty. After waiting for 15 minutes, there was an announcement that there was some technical problem with the flight's luggage compartment. We got our luggage after an hours wait and finally i reached home - 5 hours later than my expected arrival time
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