Flight 370 Descriptive Writing

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It was a cold and musky night. Containing 178 passengers, Flight 370 was about to take off. Shawn, a 24 year old young adult, was about to fly over the Atlantic Ocean to England with a couple of friends on a stress free vacation. After passing the security, they get comfortable in their seats. Shawn fastens his seatbelt and prepares himself for take off. The plane starts to move. Slowly but getting faster and faster. Kind of like a crescendo. Finally the plane is in the air. No one had the knowledge of what was about to happen. 3 hours into the flight, no one had an idea of what was about to happen. It was storming. You could feel the plane shaking. Every passenger has a feeling of unease. The intercom comes on. The passengers listen intently,

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