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444 - SPECIAL: Closet Confessional! Emergency on a 727 with Host Christine Blackburn

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4.1529 Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2017

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Host Christine Blackburn was a flight attendant, flying on at least 1000 planes a year. What are the odds something could go wrong? Listen to Christine's harrowing and hilarious story about an emergency on a 727. Here's a few links to help you get the most out of Story Worthy- if you're listening on an iPhone, all you need to do is tap the cover art while the show is playing, and you'll see the episode notes, including the links. Please subscribe and join the Story Worthy Facebook page! We'd love to hear from you at info@storyworthypodcast.com or on our survey at wondery.com/survey. Plus, when you go to storyworthypodcast.com you'll also find special deals courtesy of our sponsors like FabFitFun, Sustain Natural, Hello Fresh, ThirdLove, Casper Mattress, LeTote, and Audible (promo code STORYWORTHY). It's good karma guys! Oh, and make it a Story Worthy Day!Privacy Policy and California Privacy Notice.

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0:00.0

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0:04.7

but mostly by me.

0:06.0

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0:09.2

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0:13.8

You know the smell.

0:15.3

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0:17.8

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0:21.4

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0:27.5

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0:32.7

Welcome to the everyday hotel. You'll be on the second floor and your other room will be on the 14th.

0:37.9

Wait, we asked for connecting rooms? These are 12 floors apart. We tried, ma'am, but technically

0:42.7

they're only 11 floors apart. We don't have a 13th floor. We can't be 11 floors away from our kids.

0:49.1

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1:05.0

Hey, it's Christine from Storywardie. I told you guys I was a flight attendant, right?

1:12.9

It was during the good old days in the late 80s and 1990s. Lots of Bowies. Now, the plane was a Boeing 727,

1:22.6

an old plane for sure, but at least it was a Boeing. I used to say, if it's not Boeing, I'm not going. I worked

1:30.3

on about 1,000 flights a year. I mean, what are the chances of anything really happening?

1:35.9

So we start off down the runway, and just before the nose rose up, we heard a huge bang,

1:42.4

and the plane sort of just sucked back.

1:44.9

You didn't have to be an airline mechanic to know that it was clearly the sound of an engine blowing out.

1:51.5

Oh yeah, that wasn't good.

1:54.1

Okay, we've aborted the takeoff, and we'll just go back to the gate and switch planes.

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