Everyone lined up, ready to leave, destination Cagliari. But the Ita AZ 1595 flight that was supposed to take them to Sardinia from Rome did not take off . The time is clear on the ticket: 7.30pm. Yet everything was going smoothly. It's a shame that for the many passengers departing from Fiumicino the evening turned into a nightmare .

" Treated like animals ", complains one of the passengers on the phone to our editorial staff. «Once on board, with our seat belts fastened, we waited almost 50 minutes before the plane moved. We imagined there were some problems, perhaps technical, but no one told us about delays or anything else. After a while everything seemed ready for take off. Then the sudden braking. And we went back to where we started."

The wait went on, amidst the doubts and concerns of those present. Then the turning point: the plane tries again. «But this time too he stopped – continues the passenger – with an even more decisive braking. They let us off and kept us in the transit area. The situation is absurd here c There are three disabled people and children . At the moment we don't know if we will be able to return home." Time passes, then attention is stolen by a metallic voice that "told us to reach gate 51". Hope increases, the desire to leave is great. But even in this case, nothing new.

«We arrived and there was no one there. I wonder if we will be able to sleep at home or we will be forced to stay here." The good news arrived after more than four hours of waiting, around a quarter to midnight: «We're leaving, finally. We go back home".

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