Flight Gone Wrong

Eric and Anna

We had just boarded the plane, and soon we would be on our way to Europe. Anna and I had gotten into the first class seating area, and it was worth the extra money paid. First class had been small but I was fine with it. It was not as crowded as I thought it would have been in the other areas of the plane. This made the plane ride much more enjoyable. As the plane had left the airport, I became a little nervous. Traveling at top speed, we had suddenly glided into the air with ease, and with that, I felt instantly calm. “This might actually be a good flight after all!” I had thought to myself. I would soon regret feeling that way. Before long the flight engine had slowed, and there was not that much gas left, we stopped to refuel in Lihue, Hawaii.
A short time after, the tank was filled up and we were in the air again. It had seemed that something went wrong in the process, and we were helpless to stop as the plane began falling a few miles from a big island.
“What’s happening!?” Anna had screamed with terror evident in her eyes.
“We are about to crash!” The pilot yelled frantically over the intercom, “Watch out and fasten your seatbelts!”
“Stay calm Anna! We will be fine.”
I tried to explain calmly and it seemed to have worked. As we tried to stay calm amid the chaos, we sat down and waited for the imminent crash. The impact of the plane crashing into the ground is something I will remember to this day.
“Wake up!” I had yelled as I shook Anna awake, “The plane just crashed on this deserted island. We need to call for a rescue while we still have enough food and water!” Amongst the chaos of the crash I could hear people groaning, kids crying. But I had a spark of happiness as I noticed that no one seemed to be severely injured. But had I decided to check just in case.
“Is anyone hurt?” I yelled into the crowd.
Someone shouted back, “Just a few cuts and scrapes, thats all.”
“Ok, good we don’t have anything too bad!”
I shouted back in prosperity. “Don’t forget we need food and water, also someone to rescue us!” he hollered back.
Suddenly I heard a moan coming from the seat next to me. With a quick glance towards where the noise came from I had realized that Anna was beginning to wake up.
After she woke up, I told her of our situation, and we decided to ask the pilot if there was any way to contact someone to rescue us. Soon both Anna and I were on our way to the pilot. But then we realized that we had no idea where the pilot was, and it would take some time to find him. We decided to make a shelter for the night.
“I can go and look for some firewood, and you can stay here,” I told Anna.
“Ok,” is all she seemed able to say.
Scavenging the island looking for firewood I began to explore. The island was remarkably beautiful, yet so frightening. The small hills, which kept making it hard for me to walk, and the calming movement of the sea, I felt at ease. Yet with its thick, dense forests, and the eerie caws of birds that seemed to come out of know where, I was in hurry to get back to camp.
By the time I was back, there was a basic shelter, which was some excess cloth built into a tent. It worked well enough with our needs. We cut a hole in the top of the tent, and started a fire inside of it to keep warm. We had scavenged everything we could from the plane, and someone had a radio that we planned to use the next day. The night followed through slowly with little sleep. Some people were still in shock from the crash, others were trying to figure out a way to get off of this wretched island. Others, still, were looking for a way to get more food and water.
“Hello, is anyone there?” I spoke into the radio, on a common frequency that the pilot had told us about when we had found him.
“Yeah, who is this?” I heard a gruff voice speaking through the radio say.
“Someone from a plane crash near Lihue, Hawaii. After refueling, something went wrong and we crashed and now we are stuck here for now. We need someone to pick us up. we have around 30 people here on the island,” I responded after a moment of thought.
“Really?” he questioned, “I’ll see if I can get some help over there soon. But for now, just see that everyone stays safe, ok?” He began to give me this large speech on safety in the wilderness, until I told him that I had to go back to camp that is.
I had just got back to camp when I was asked by someone from the camp, “Did anyone answer?” he wanted to know.
I responded with a quick nod and said, “I told him where we are, he will most likely  call back when help is on its way.”
“Great!” everyone began to clap and shout out in happiness.
The sounds of the cheering and yelling echoed throughout the beach we were camping at. I was glad that we wouldn’t be on this island too long. Because honestly, it was beginning to give me the creeps.
It was frightening, being on an island with no civilization. Sometimes, people wake up in the night, thinking someone or something is watching them.Night quickly, but sorrowfully returned to us. The forest seemed to have completely changed from its daytime sights. I began to hear the ghostly sounds of owls, the rustling of leaves. I jumped at the sound and almost discharged an un-manly scream from myself, but with much struggle, I released it as merely a shaky sigh.
Lost in thought about the nighttime horror in my mind, I suddenly realized that I forgot where Anna was! I began looking through the crowd until I had finally found her sprawled out on the ground in one of the tents that we had built the day before. I didn’t bother to wake her up.
“She needs her sleep,” I muttered to myself. I  supposed I needed some sleep myself, so with a yawn, I fell into a deep slumber.
“Are you still awake? Hello?” Asked a deep voice, coming from the radio I had near me. I instantly woke up.
“Yes, i’m here, just sleeping,” I responded, “What do you want?”
“Umm… Sorry I guess?” he replied questionably. “I just wanted to let you know that the person who talked to you on the radio yesterday spoke to us,” he later mentioned that the rescue team would be at the island within the next 12 hours.
“Should I be happy?” I asked sleepily. I was still half awake and hadn’t realized that he said that help was on the way!
“I would be jumping up and down if I were you,” and on that note, he left without another word. I drifted back to sleep without a second thought.
“Huh?” I murmured when I woke back up, the memory of the incoming rescue fresh in my mind.
Without another thought I went and spread the word around camp, rescue was coming. The rescuers, soon after, arrived. I was relieved to be finally able to go back home again! The memories of home and the trip almost brought tears to my eyes. The rescuers lifted all of the 30 passengers into the helicopters and boats, and we soon landed in Lihue, Hawaii.
When we got back, I realized with a start I didn’t see Anna, “Not Again!” I groaned. But soon I was alleviated to find Anna wandering amongst the crowd.The rest of that week actually went well. If you don’t think about the plane crash, that is.