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Insider's reporter traveled with Norse and Level airlines on red-eye flights to Europe. The Norse flight was cheaper, though less comfortable.
Tower that they have fire. so they go, i have a fire in the number two engine. >> but the situation is not what the pilots suspect. desperately trying to get enough speed to get airborne, they try to pull up the landing gear. >> it wouldn't come up because the left side was damaged by the fire. >> they are not in a position to continue level flight, and at that point they realized they needed on the ground at the closest airport. it wasn't a good choice, but it the best choice that they had. >> you have a fire and it's not just contained to the engine. it's now encompassed. almost the full bot...
They have been told by control tower that they have fire. so they go, i have a fire in the number two engine. >> but the situation is not what the pilots suspect. desperately trying to get enough speed to get airborne, they try to pull up the landing gear. >> it wouldn't come up because the left side was damaged by thç fire. >> they are not in a position to continue level flight, and at that point they realized they needed on the ground at the closest airport. it wasn't a good choice, but it the best choice that they had. >> you have a fire and it's not just contained to the engine. it's now ...
Begun to get warnings. they have been told by control tower that they have fire. so they go hmm, we have a fire. >> desperately trying to get enough speed to get airborne they try to pull up the landing gear. >> it wouldn't come up because the left side was damaged by the fire. >> they are not in a position to continue level flight, and at that point they realized they needed on the ground at the closest airport. it wasn't a good choice but it the best choice that they had. >> you have a fire and it's not just contained to the engine it's now being em compassed -- >> it was a plane trying to s...