Passenger sees Mount Etna erupting from plane window
"Literally the day before, I ran up to the cable car station and back down as part of the race and we thought absolutely nothing of the volcano."The couple were separated on the plane and were both sat on opposite sides of the aircraft. "I have to confess I was fast asleep on the airplane... but Jon however had a great view," said Mrs Meek.
Mr Meek said the experience was "exciting" but had the race been 24 hours later Mrs Meek would "have been in the thick of it". "I was just lucky I was sat in a window seat and overlooking it as we flew off so it's an amazing sight," he said. "I think it was just fascinating... it's exciting to watch."When we took off and I had the view over it I looked over and she was fast asleep so she slept through the whole thing," he added.
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