Werkstuk: Airport
AIRPORT by ATHUR HAILEY
At half past six on a friday evening in january Lincon International Airport was open but it was in dificulties.
The airport together with the entire Midwestern United states had been hit by the worst storm in years it had already lasterd for three days.
Now troubles were begining to break out everywhere.
A truck carrying two hundred dinners waslost in the snow somewhere on an airprot sevice road and so far the search for it had been unsuccessful.
At least one hundred flights were delyed some by many hours.
Out on the airfield runway three zero was out of use itwas blocked by an Aereo-Mexican jet witch lay sideways across it.
The frontwheels of the plane were stuck in the deep mud wich lay unther the snow near the ege of the runway.
Aereo-Mexican had tried hard for two hours to move it but without any succes.
Now the were asking TWA to help them.
The loss of runway three zero made the work of Air Traffic Control (TWA) even more difficult than usual.
With twenty planes waiting to land the were delaying take-offs.
The airfield seemed to be full of waiting aircraft inside the main passenger terminal it wass crowted too there were crowds of impaitiant people waiting beside their piles of baggage .
Even the lage notice on the roof off the terminal --LINCON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT-- was hidden by the snow. Mel bakersfield was the general maneger of the airport he was suprised that the airport was still open.
He was a tall powerfull man. Mel was not going home to his wife and children because of the storm so he called his home he talked to his daugthers and to his wife.
Tanya the trans amarica passenger relations agent sended mel a note that the airlines snow commitee, led by captain vernon demerest was going to blame mel for the many flight delays .
Cap.Vernon Demerest was one of the most experienced pilots. He was mattied to mels sister sarah.
So he went to her office. In her office they make a date for the next sunday.
They went tothe coffeeshop and talked a little .
When they went back Mel called the snow desk and told Danny the mexican airplane is still stuck in the mud and they called Joe Patroni to come and fix it.
Joe Patroni came to fix the plane but was caught in traffic.
Mel called Ground controll he heard that Patroni still wasnt at the place and it would take another hour untill he would be there because his wife caled an left a number. Captain Vernon Demerest had had love affairs with quite a lage number of inteligent and beautyfull women.
This evenig he is with a woman called Gwen meighen a farmers daughterwho had come to america ten years ago when she was eighteen.
She was now an airhosstes.
They would fly to rome later that evening on the ''golden argosy ''en stay there for three days.
Mel is driving his car over the airport the pain in his foot does him think to an accident with a plane long ago.
The airport has five runways but the are using ony two New runways were nessery.
Mel complaned about the dangeres compextions thet came up. He disides he had to stay .
He called cindy she said that she would divorce him.
Keith was working in the radar room.
Keith is an air traffic control leder and mels brother .
Keith has to get an in needing airplane to a savely land. The airplane is the US Airforse KC-135. The angry people of Medowood are geathert together to the cause of the noice of the airplaine although the airport was first on the place.
Elliot Freemantleis the juge who would take care of the casehe has his doubts about it but he does the case for the money he thinks he can earn $25,000.
D.O Guerrero a poor man married and has two children and wanting to murder himself.
Bought a ticket for a flight to Rome with a smal bomb to blow up him self and the plane so his wife and his kids could get the life insurance of $25,000.
Joe P. is still waiting in the traffic .
CAptain Vernon Dermerst is with gwen.
She tels him shes pragnant and is making plans for an adoption or an abortion.
Keith wants to end his life he thinks he has been to too much.
When Keith came back from the bathroom he see two planes bumpig in to each other.
Mel is arguing with Vernon about flight insurances.
Mel wins he cals cindy he is not coming home again but cindy came to the airport.
The ''golden argosy'' is ready for leaving but is an hour delayed.
D.O. Guerrero is in the van going for the airplane his wife found his letter and went after him.
The geatering of Meadowood has finished.
Elliot thinks it went well and want to call the press.
Patroni finely came to the place and went to work.
The captain and gwen were siting in a coffeeshop.
He tells here his abortion plans.
But she doesnt agree she wants to go to Rome first.
When they will get back Vernon will leave her.
DO goes to the gate and the golden argosy left his wife was to late.
Keith told Mel that the plane chrash was his fault but Mel had to go quiq.
D.O heis wife is send to Tanyas office.
Cindy went to mels office tey argue and diside to divorce.
Quonsett loves the flight.
Harris and Vernon are agueing about the abortion.
Mel is talking to freemantle he said the airport has to close because of the noise.
When He left a reporter tels its onley about the money.
During a fight between Cindy and Mel Tanya came in the room.
To say that tere was a man on the plane triing to blow up him self and the plane.
When they her is had insuraced him self for $300,000. they are sure.
Patoni is digging for the plane when he enters the cocpit the pilot doesnt like it.
The wife of D.O. is crying and is brought to mels office.
There is ameting and they question her now the are sure he has a bomb.
In the airplane the here about D.O. and make a plan.
One women starts to cry and holds d.O tight to her so Gwen can get the bag but one man gats him and gave him back.
And D.O. run in to the toilets but gwen could put her foot between it.
The bomb explothes and there is a hole in the nose of the plane .
Gwen was realy hurt and the went fast down the had to fligh for another hour.
Freemantle comes withe the press the airport on Mel held a speeech for all residents of Meadowood.
They see that Freemantle is doing it all for the money.
Then Mel heard about the'' Golden Argosy'' the people that were dokters were helping the wounded.
Vernon dissedes to kee Gwen and the baby.
Vernon send a massage that they will land on runway three zero.
So the mexican airplane has to go away..
Mel gets a message that patroni that he had to get rid of the plane in fifteen minits.
Keith has to say what the airplane has to do but he is scared that the samething will happen as the last time.
just on the ege they can remover the airplane of runway three zero.
The plane landes savely.
Keith disides that he doesnt want to die.
Mel disides he takes an apartment.
The snow stops and runway three zero can be used again.
At half past six on a friday evening in january Lincon International Airport was open but it was in dificulties.
The airport together with the entire Midwestern United states had been hit by the worst storm in years it had already lasterd for three days.
Now troubles were begining to break out everywhere.
A truck carrying two hundred dinners waslost in the snow somewhere on an airprot sevice road and so far the search for it had been unsuccessful.
At least one hundred flights were delyed some by many hours.
Out on the airfield runway three zero was out of use itwas blocked by an Aereo-Mexican jet witch lay sideways across it.
The frontwheels of the plane were stuck in the deep mud wich lay unther the snow near the ege of the runway.
Aereo-Mexican had tried hard for two hours to move it but without any succes.
Now the were asking TWA to help them.
The loss of runway three zero made the work of Air Traffic Control (TWA) even more difficult than usual.
With twenty planes waiting to land the were delaying take-offs.
The airfield seemed to be full of waiting aircraft inside the main passenger terminal it wass crowted too there were crowds of impaitiant people waiting beside their piles of baggage .
Even the lage notice on the roof off the terminal --LINCON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT-- was hidden by the snow. Mel bakersfield was the general maneger of the airport he was suprised that the airport was still open.
He was a tall powerfull man. Mel was not going home to his wife and children because of the storm so he called his home he talked to his daugthers and to his wife.
Tanya the trans amarica passenger relations agent sended mel a note that the airlines snow commitee, led by captain vernon demerest was going to blame mel for the many flight delays .
Cap.Vernon Demerest was one of the most experienced pilots. He was mattied to mels sister sarah.
So he went to her office. In her office they make a date for the next sunday.
They went tothe coffeeshop and talked a little .
When they went back Mel called the snow desk and told Danny the mexican airplane is still stuck in the mud and they called Joe Patroni to come and fix it.
Joe Patroni came to fix the plane but was caught in traffic.
Mel called Ground controll he heard that Patroni still wasnt at the place and it would take another hour untill he would be there because his wife caled an left a number. Captain Vernon Demerest had had love affairs with quite a lage number of inteligent and beautyfull women.
This evenig he is with a woman called Gwen meighen a farmers daughterwho had come to america ten years ago when she was eighteen.
She was now an airhosstes.
They would fly to rome later that evening on the ''golden argosy ''en stay there for three days.
Mel is driving his car over the airport the pain in his foot does him think to an accident with a plane long ago.
The airport has five runways but the are using ony two New runways were nessery.
Mel complaned about the dangeres compextions thet came up. He disides he had to stay .
He called cindy she said that she would divorce him.
Keith was working in the radar room.
Keith is an air traffic control leder and mels brother .
Keith has to get an in needing airplane to a savely land. The airplane is the US Airforse KC-135. The angry people of Medowood are geathert together to the cause of the noice of the airplaine although the airport was first on the place.
Elliot Freemantleis the juge who would take care of the casehe has his doubts about it but he does the case for the money he thinks he can earn $25,000.
D.O Guerrero a poor man married and has two children and wanting to murder himself.
Bought a ticket for a flight to Rome with a smal bomb to blow up him self and the plane so his wife and his kids could get the life insurance of $25,000.
Joe P. is still waiting in the traffic .
CAptain Vernon Dermerst is with gwen.
She tels him shes pragnant and is making plans for an adoption or an abortion.
Keith wants to end his life he thinks he has been to too much.
When Keith came back from the bathroom he see two planes bumpig in to each other.
Mel is arguing with Vernon about flight insurances.
Mel wins he cals cindy he is not coming home again but cindy came to the airport.
The ''golden argosy'' is ready for leaving but is an hour delayed.
D.O. Guerrero is in the van going for the airplane his wife found his letter and went after him.
The geatering of Meadowood has finished.
Elliot thinks it went well and want to call the press.
Patroni finely came to the place and went to work.
The captain and gwen were siting in a coffeeshop.
He tells here his abortion plans.
But she doesnt agree she wants to go to Rome first.
When they will get back Vernon will leave her.
DO goes to the gate and the golden argosy left his wife was to late.
Keith told Mel that the plane chrash was his fault but Mel had to go quiq.
D.O heis wife is send to Tanyas office.
Cindy went to mels office tey argue and diside to divorce.
Quonsett loves the flight.
Harris and Vernon are agueing about the abortion.
Mel is talking to freemantle he said the airport has to close because of the noise.
When He left a reporter tels its onley about the money.
During a fight between Cindy and Mel Tanya came in the room.
To say that tere was a man on the plane triing to blow up him self and the plane.
When they her is had insuraced him self for $300,000. they are sure.
Patoni is digging for the plane when he enters the cocpit the pilot doesnt like it.
The wife of D.O. is crying and is brought to mels office.
There is ameting and they question her now the are sure he has a bomb.
In the airplane the here about D.O. and make a plan.
One women starts to cry and holds d.O tight to her so Gwen can get the bag but one man gats him and gave him back.
And D.O. run in to the toilets but gwen could put her foot between it.
The bomb explothes and there is a hole in the nose of the plane .
Gwen was realy hurt and the went fast down the had to fligh for another hour.
Freemantle comes withe the press the airport on Mel held a speeech for all residents of Meadowood.
They see that Freemantle is doing it all for the money.
Then Mel heard about the'' Golden Argosy'' the people that were dokters were helping the wounded.
Vernon dissedes to kee Gwen and the baby.
Vernon send a massage that they will land on runway three zero.
So the mexican airplane has to go away..
Mel gets a message that patroni that he had to get rid of the plane in fifteen minits.
Keith has to say what the airplane has to do but he is scared that the samething will happen as the last time.
just on the ege they can remover the airplane of runway three zero.
The plane landes savely.
Keith disides that he doesnt want to die.
Mel disides he takes an apartment.
The snow stops and runway three zero can be used again.