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our situation, we could see our

landing gear sitting in the dirt by the

dead pig. The pilot knew he would

have to make a belly landing and

informed us that we were rerouting to

the biggest airport in the area, the

only one that had a fire department.

“At this point, the lady next to me

started to scream. Her husband tried

to calm her, but to no avail. She was

yelling, ‘If we crash and are killed, it

will ruin my new alpaca sweater, and

I paid nearly a thousand dollars for

it!’ If our situation hadn’t been so

desperate, I probably would have

laughed.

“When we finally came to the