The next day, Beth took everyone to Male by speedboat, where there are direct international flights to various countries.
Brian's family of three were the first to leave, followed by Ghost and Swag. The next flight was supposed to be their Aeroflot flight to Yekaterinburg, but the plane was delayed. The group also saw off Fred and Shabai, who were heading to Poland.
Sweet, the long-awaited Aeroflot flight has finally arrived.
After saying goodbye to the others, Owen supported Monica while Bayev led his family into the departure gate.
This time they were flying on a medium-sized passenger plane, with a single-layer cabin, two rows on each side. Owen and Monica happened to be in the same row, with Monica sitting by the window and Owen near the aisle.
Because they made a hasty decision this time, they did not buy business class tickets and could only stay in economy class. Owen and the others were in the middle of the plane, and they could see the wings and engines of the plane through the portholes.
The check-in procedure was very fast, because it was already delayed. Not long after the passengers boarded the plane, the plane started taking off again.
Bayev's three children were very excited, especially Sonia, who was full of curiosity about everything and kept asking about this and that.
In stark contrast to the child's smiling face, most of the Russians on the plane had serious faces. Even if everyone's eyes met accidentally, they would not respond with a polite smile.
Owen was not used to this at first. In Europe and America, even strangers would smile when they met, but this obviously did not apply to Russians.
Monica also discovered this situation and specifically asked Baleleika, who specifically warned: "In Russia, smiling between strangers not only does not mean friendship, but sometimes it may also cause conflicts."
It turns out that Russians must have a reason to smile. If you smile at a stranger for no reason, then he will think you are laughing at him and may beat you up.
This reminds Owen of a popular meme about Northeastern people on the Internet in his previous life: What are you worried about? What are you looking at~
In the Northeast, fighting starts after one more look. In Russia, fighting starts after one more smile.
Owen curled his lips. The way of thinking of the fighting nation was indeed incomprehensible.
Not long after the plane took off, a stewardess started selling food in a small cart. Unlike many American airlines who use aunty stewardesses, Aeroflot's stewardesses are very beautiful. Russian girls have good faces and figures.
He is tall enough and looks very pleasing to the eye.
"Baby, do you want to eat?"
Owen asked in Monica's ear. She got tired easily after becoming pregnant and started to feel sleepy as soon as she got on the plane.
"No, dear, don't disturb me."
Monica didn't even raise her head, murmuring a few words and continued to sleep.
The stewardess kept asking about the goods for sale in English and Russian alternately. When he saw Owen looking over, he cast a questioning look. Owen shrugged faintly, and the stewardess continued to push forward.
The trolley passed by Owen, who gained some knowledge. The types of food sold on Aeroflot are similar to those on American Airlines, but the proportion of wine is much heavier.
One and a half floors of the two-story trolley are filled with all kinds of alcohol, beer, red wine, vodka, and a wide variety of drinks. The remaining half floor is used to store mineral water, drinks, and various snacks.
The cart's business is very good. Just because Owen doesn't buy it doesn't mean that others don't buy it. In fact, there are quite a few people buying wine.
Russians, both men and women, old and young, love to drink. It didn’t take long for the smell of alcohol to be heard on the plane. Balalaika even asked Irving if he wanted some. Irving said forget it. He really didn’t think an airplane was a good place to drink.
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The flight attendants were going back and forth in the aisle selling drinks from the trolleys. Balalaika bought a bottle of red wine and drank it. Bayev showed a wry smile. Irving only found out later that in terms of drinking capacity, he
A fake Russian can't drink the balalaika of a real Russian, and is suppressed by her daughter-in-law in all aspects.
Their flight lasted 10 hours. Owen was bored sitting there, so he closed his eyes and prepared to sleep for a while. He fell asleep and then woke up again after an unknown amount of time.
He was awakened by the sound of someone talking.
When I woke up, I saw that it was the flight attendant saying that a passenger was sitting in the wrong seat.
Russian happens to be one of the foreign languages Owen masters. Although he can tell that he is a foreigner when he opens his mouth, there is no problem with basic communication.
The passenger seemed to have drunk too much, sat in the wrong seat, and was unwilling to return to his seat. When encountering such a rogue flight attendant, the flight attendant would either admit it was bad luck or call the air traffic police to deal with it.
But Owen underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Aeroflot stewardess. The Aeroflot stewardess also grew up drinking vodka. He is a serious Russian with vodka flowing in his veins. He is not used to this kind of people at all.
After a vigorous scolding, the drunk passenger obediently got up and left, returning to his seat.
Owen secretly gave her a thumbs up, and the stewardess immediately put on a gentle smile, which made it completely unimaginable that he was the same person who was full of momentum and ready to fight with her just now.
The episode disturbed Owen's sweet dream and woke up Monica.
Owen handed Monica a bottle of water to moisten her throat. Monica took it, but Owen's eyes widened inadvertently.
He looked out the window and saw that the engines under the wings seemed to be emitting black smoke.
How is this going?
Owen immediately panicked. It was not very similar to a terrorist attack. Terrorist attacks usually involve direct explosions, nothing like this. So could it be that there was a malfunction on the plane?
Owen was unsure. He wanted to inform the stewardess, but the stewardess had already walked away. Looking around, no one seemed to have seen it.
But how is it possible with such a big smoke? Are they blind?
At this time, Monica also discovered this situation, and her face also showed anxiety. Only then did Owen feel that the surroundings were real, otherwise he would really suspect that everyone else here except himself were robots.
"Baev..."
Owen didn't dare to say anything and pointed out the window. Bayev looked over and saw that there was no change on his face.
At this time, the stewardess saw Owen standing up and came over to ask about the situation. Owen pointed to the black smoke outside the porthole and said: "What on earth is going on?"
"Sorry, sir, please stay calm, our plane has a slight malfunction, one of the engines is on fire..."
Owen thought he heard it wrong, but the stewardess didn't sound anxious at all.
"Then let me ask one more question, how many engines are there on this plane?"
"two."
When the flight attendant said this, her tone was as if she was asking if she wanted a glass of mineral water. There was no ups and downs, which made Owen wonder if he heard it wrong. But other passengers around him also heard it, but their expressions still didn't change.
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What exactly is going on?
Probably Baleleka heard Owen's doubts, so she looked over and said: "Owen, Monica, it's okay, don't worry too much, this kind of situation is very common in Aeroflot."
What?
Owen thought he heard wrongly.
Baleleka continued to explain: "Russian pilots are the most powerful pilots in the world. Even if we took off an hour late, we would definitely be able to arrive on time or even ahead of schedule. Even thunder and lightning can't stop the Aeroflot pilots from taking off or landing."
Now this situation is nothing, the pilot can handle it completely. Every time the Aeroflot plane lands, the passengers will applaud collectively, do you know why?"
"Why?"
"Because they feel like they've saved another life."