When a Continental Passenger plane skidded off the runway at Denver airport on Saturday, the 155 passengers and crew might have been understandably preoccupied with how they would escape from a plane that was being engulfed by flames. But for software engineer Mike Wilson the first priority was to report on his disrupted travel arrangements to his followers on Twitter.
After the crash he delivered a detailed account of the crash to users of the service - down to the airline's failure to offer him a drink. Here is his Tweets
14 December, 4.06pm Whew! Christmas shopping pretty much done. 100% online except for a couple of gift certs.
20 December, 5.25pm Holy fucking shit, I was just in a plane crash!
5.58pm This was crash No 2 for me. Maybe I should start taking the bus.
8.22pm You have your wits scared out of you, drag your butt out of a flaming ball of wreckage and you can't even get a vodka-tonic. Boo.
11.22pm [From computer at home] Sorry for the radio silence, but my battery died in the middle of all this and I just made it home.
11.57pm Pretty exhausted at this point, so I'm heading off to bed. Good night!
21 December, 8.29am Waiting in the continental club for the "replacement" flight. Noticing I'm a little sore.
5.25pm I'm sitting as close to the exit as possible this time.
7.57pm Touchdown! Crowd goes wild!
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