Pilot redirects plane for a couple so they could meet dying grandson
There are times when you lose faith in humanity, while at times some people never fail to surprise you and prove that there is still good in this world. A similar incident took place in Manchester, UK, where a pilot cancelled the take off so that an elderly couple could meet their dying grandson.
The couple were flying to Australia via Abu Dhabi when they received a text message about their grandson being admitted to the ICU. The couple were already on the flight and were about to switch off their phone when they saw a missed call from their son-in-law.
“They were taxiing on the runway when they got the text message saying their grandson was in intensive care and they needed to get there. They passed the message to the crew, who spoke to the captain and he turned the plane back,” told Becky Stephenson, a travel agent from Bradford, to Independent.UK. The passengers travelling on the flight were her client.
The pilot turned the plane back to the boarding gate and the crew helped the couple with her language and assisted them back to the airport. Their grandchild died on 31st March, the day the couple was supposed to arrive in Australia.
The couple however thanked and were grateful that they got the chance to meet their grandson one last time.
“They never in a million years expected to the crew to go so far for them. You shudder to think what would have happened if they hadn’t been able to get off the plane,” Stephenson said.
The travel agent posted a post on a Facebook group thanking the pilot and the airlines and the pilot was praised by everyone.
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Eithad airlines is however giving the couple an option to reuse their ticket to fly to Australia for a future trip.
