š¯•‹he private jet had taken off quite typically and had been flying for a while when suddenly one of the engines popped.
The plane went into a loop, then lost altitude. Flames were now visible from the bad engine.
"Mayday! Mayday!" the pilot screamed into his mic. "May Day!"
No answer. The aircraft went into another loop and started trembling. The smell of smoke had by now infested the cabin.
The pilot held on and after a few explosions in the rear, managed to land the private jet at Mcghee Tyson Airport, the nearest airport.
Midgets started coming down the evacuation slide.
One of the airport guards, who was watching the scene with a colleague, exclaimed: "I’ve never seen a plane that carried only midgets!"
His friend looked at him and said, "Those aren't midgets. Those are the Trumps, with the shit scared out of them."
There's an expression you may not be familiar with, here. When someone startles you, scares you, you might say... "You scared the shit out of me!" It is the equivalent of foutre la trouille, foutre les jetons, faire chier dans son froc (littƩralement), or ficher la frousse, in French. But it remains colloquial, like in French, and should not be used in certain circles. Literally it is: you frightened me so much that I shit myself.
"Mayday" is a distress call that apparently comes from the French "m'aider", or "help me". I haven't checked whether that is so or not.
The plane went into a loop, then lost altitude. Flames were now visible from the bad engine.
"Mayday! Mayday!" the pilot screamed into his mic. "May Day!"
No answer. The aircraft went into another loop and started trembling. The smell of smoke had by now infested the cabin.
The pilot held on and after a few explosions in the rear, managed to land the private jet at Mcghee Tyson Airport, the nearest airport.
Midgets started coming down the evacuation slide.
One of the airport guards, who was watching the scene with a colleague, exclaimed: "I’ve never seen a plane that carried only midgets!"
His friend looked at him and said, "Those aren't midgets. Those are the Trumps, with the shit scared out of them."
There's an expression you may not be familiar with, here. When someone startles you, scares you, you might say... "You scared the shit out of me!" It is the equivalent of foutre la trouille, foutre les jetons, faire chier dans son froc (littƩralement), or ficher la frousse, in French. But it remains colloquial, like in French, and should not be used in certain circles. Literally it is: you frightened me so much that I shit myself.
"Mayday" is a distress call that apparently comes from the French "m'aider", or "help me". I haven't checked whether that is so or not.
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