Iqaluit Safe and Sound … Sort of
Iqaluit, Nunavut – We finally made it.
Over six hours late… but we made it. It took the pilot five attempts to land in Iqaluit though.
He’d bring the plane down, it felt like we’d land, then he’d pull up at the last minute.
The cabin pressure changed so quickly I thought my ear drums would burst.
The flight attendant told me that even so close to the ground, the fog and clouds are so bad he can’t see the runway. That’s why he’s pulling up so sharply. She cheerfully adds that we have extra fuel so he can keep trying for another two hours or so.
Fun.
It’s now late at night and we’ve been on the ground for several hours. But I’m still completely deaf in my right ear and the pain is excruciating.