“This is your captain speaking.”

24 hours at JFK

My night flight had already been in the air for an hour when the captain announced due to engine trouble, we’d turn around. The left engine was vibrating and as we climbed, he explained, there was an increased element of risk.

Landed. 

Disembarked. 

Cancelled. 

Stranded-ish at 1:30 AM but not plummeting into the Atlantic Ocean provides a shot of perspectiv…