Leaving Dallas (Part 3)

After a few hours of waiting we finally were able to board another plane. The mood in the plane as I walked in was very strangely upbeat considering half the passengers had cancelled their flight. Everyone who stuck around was willing this plane would actually leave the ground and the possitivity coming from everone was amazing, even the cabin crew who by this time had completely lost the plot were getting into the spirit laughing and joking with everyone. So we all sat down hoping that this time we would leave the ground, the plane moved towards the runway and finally we took off. The cheer that went up from when we finally left the ground was like a release after the nightmare 24 hours we had faced. The next couple of hours of flight went to plan with no complications and as we touched down the feelgood factor on the plane was amazing, the nightmare was finally over. As I left the plane I shuck hands with most of the cabin staff as they had been in the middle of all this which none of them could do anything about. They actually looked the most relieved of all of us. But as I left the plane there was just one more bite in the tail to live through. A very long customs line which took a good hour and a half to get through