By livinguktaiwan on Skatehive
My recent trip to Italy didn't exactly start well. Here's my bad and good expectations of Naples, Italy. Ten minutes after we were due to land, the captain announced that due to thunderstorms, he had tried, but was unable to land in Naples. We were now on our way to Rome, some 250km away. An hour later we arrived at Rome. They were figuring out what to do next. The options were to either take us by bus, or fly back to Naples. If we still couldn't land in Naples because of the thunderstorm, we had to fly back to Rome and by that time, we may not be able to land in Rome due to the night time curfew. It was already 11pm and we were kept on board. People were getting very agitated especially when we found out other planes landed Naples when we couldn't. The captain blamed it on lightning which happens very quick. He was essentially closing the door for potential compensation claims. Eventually they decided on the first option - bus. By the time we passed border control, it was past midnigh