Chesney Hawkes and his wife left his kids a heartfelt voice memo as their airplane plunged 20,000ft in the air.While aboard an Aegean Airlines Airbus A320 with his wife Krissy and 156 passengers flying from Greece to Barcelona (according to Aviation Source News), the flight declared a general emergency as it passed over Italy.After oxygen masks dropped without warning, the airplane plunged 20,000ft sending items flying everywhere.Speaking with The Sun, Hawkes shared: “We thought we were going down.
Our ears hurt and babies were crying. The pilot came over the loudspeaker and said, ‘Emergency descent — brace’.”Thanku 2 all that kept their heads cool, especially #captainfantastic for landing our plane safely 2day.
This was not what we expected 2day, but it's made us appreciate life and those we love just that little bit morehttps://t.co/DBgKkwDRpn #Aegean #livelife #heroes #scary pic.twitter.com/qAfO4AK48L— chesneyhawkes (@ChesneyHawkes) July 3, 2023He continued: “The plane was rattling and banked so steeply we looked out and could see the sea.
We thought we were going into the water. Krissy and I looked at each other and hugged.“We left a voice message on the family WhatsApp group.
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