After a few very hectic days before my departure I got up at 4:30 am yesterday and my husband drove me to the airport. Since my flight was with Delta Airlines and had a stopover in Atlanta, I had to go through US immigration, as always an interesting experience. The whole procedure took me about 45 minutes, but finally I was through. Then it was off onto the bus to get to the departure terminal. Our flight was scheduled to depart at 8:20 and sure enough, at about 7:20 there was an announcement that the 0rudder control switch0 was loose and that maintenance would have to be called in. The ground personnel indicated that they were still trying to get us off the ground in the same plane, but it could take a while.

I was starting to get a little concerned since I would have less than an hour in Atlanta before my connection flight would leave for Mexico City. Well, the maintenance crew came in and with about a 40 minute delay we got off the ground in Toronto after being reassured that we should still be able to make our connection flights and that time would be made […]

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