A plane from Cleveland to New York City boarded with just two passengers and then made its journey after severe delays wreaked havoc.
One of these passengers, a certain Chris O’Leary, who lives in Brooklyn and works as both a media strategist and the editor of Brew York, decided to update the world wide web with various details regarding his eerie journey.
Chris O’Leary’s day didn’t get off to the best start when severe weather meant that his flight from Cleveland to New York City’s La Guardia airport was originally delayed by three and a half hours.
It was at this point that he decided to begin his epic Twitter updates that would soon go viral.
Welp. Guess it’s gonna be one of those days. pic.twitter.com/tmQ9lapZ4m
— Chris O’Leary (@ohhleary) January 12, 2015
I have the most-delayed flight out of Cleveland today. pic.twitter.com/7jeRjJvYeh
— Chris O’Leary (@ohhleary) January 12, 2015
Chris O’Leary couldn’t help but be a little disheartened by the delay, which meant that he would be arriving in New York around 6 hours late.
Looks like I’m getting home 6 hours late, missing almost a fill day of work. I’m sure @delta‘s doing all they can, but this still sucks.
— Chris O’Leary (@ohhleary) January 12, 2015
However, when he finally got on his plane, Chris O’Leary learnt something rather spectacular had happened.
It turned out that Delta had rebooked everyone else that was supposed to be on his plane onto another flight. So, this resulted in Chris O’Leary being the only passenger.
They rebooked everyone but me on another flight to LGA, so I am literally the only person on this plane. pic.twitter.com/ZZNPACUOfR
— Chris O’Leary (@ohhleary) January 12, 2015
O’Leary was also joined by the two flight attendants as well as the pilot. As you can imagine, O’Leary was rather flabbergasted by how peculiar his journey had now become.
No, I’m not joking. I’m the only one on this plane. pic.twitter.com/UcZ8BZLop1
— Chris O’Leary (@ohhleary) January 12, 2015
Just got a personal safety briefing from my two flight attendants.
— Chris O’Leary (@ohhleary) January 12, 2015
However, just when it looked like Chris O’Leary was going to have one heck of a story to tell his family for eternity, another passenger arrived to ruin his potential tale.
The thrill is gone, you guys. Just as we were about to push back, they reconnected the jet bridge to let a second passenger on the flight.
— Chris O’Leary (@ohhleary) January 12, 2015
As his story went more and more viral, Chris found himself even more freaked out by the attention he was receiving.
Well, this has been a interesting day. Who knew the simple act of getting on the plane you’re supposed to could amuse so many people?
— Chris O’Leary (@ohhleary) January 13, 2015
[Image via Twitter]