well, sure. 0n the tarmac, pan am's ron marasco. it was a state of shock throughout the facility.ething was burning, and we got off. a man—made giant crossing the atlantic, cynics had heard that before. there were people outside who were demonstrating that this had all the earmarks of the titanic. some people even went off the aeroplane and said, "never again," they never came back. i think it was about 30 passengers who didn't want to go back. when we inspected the engine, there was molten metal in the tailpipe. hidden away, the only other 747 was secretly swapped. we arrived at the hangar, the painters had just finished stenciling the name of the original departure aircraft, flipper young america. seven hours late, paint still wet, they tried again. it was very, very, very quiet when we took off. do you think people were nervous? yes, of course, it's for all of us a new thing. so we decided to start serving champagne, and a person told us, "hey, ladies, come on, "keep serving champagne, they won't even know "if they are up in the air or on the ground." it landed safely. today, t