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20 years ago today we were on a Continental Airways (now @United) flight from Manchester to New York. It was for our first gig there for 4 years, to launch our 2nd Album, and we had a lot lined up. We were an hour off landing when the plane was diverted to a small town 1/
..in Newfoundland, called Stephenville. Stephenville had an old military runway big enough for passenger jets, so we landed with another 7 planes. We’d been in the air for about 6 hours. There was no infrastructure to deal with passengers,so we all had to stay on the plane for 2/
…another 17 hours while customs and extra police were brought in.When we got off the plane, the setup was amazing. It was 4am local time, and the local college (@CNA_News) had organised catering students to make food for everyone. We then all got a blanket,toothbrush,soap 3/
