Screeching to a halt, the plane carrying the Hibs players and staff slid along the tarmac of Edinburgh Airport.
Well on its way to reaching the required speed to take-off, an announcement came through the tannoy system - the first-leg of their UEFA Cup jaunt against AEK Athens had been postponed. It was the 12th of September 2001 - only a day after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in America.
Already delayed before take-off, the plane had been idling away on the runway awaiting the final call from the UEFA headquarters. Traffic kept building up behind the plane, forcing a decision on behalf of the pilot. They’d take their chances and go for it. Surely, at this stage, it was too late to call it off? It wasn’t.