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Airport.  The captain spoke clearly announcing the local time and weather over the intercom system.  He thanked everyone on board the 757-Premier, especially those who had maintained their preferred status.  He wished everyone an easy connecting flight and welcomed home those who were at their final destination.  The 757 glided smoothly towards the terminal and as it came to a complete stop at the gate everything went completely black and the captain never spoke again.
     
    Finn was startled awake by his own snoring.  The seats around him were all empty.  He looked back and forth along the corridor.  It looked like someone's luggage had exploded.  In the seat next to him was a paperback copy of George Takai's Oh Myyy! and on the floor a cracked Kindle fire, "Oh my indeed."  He raised the shade of his window and looked out.  The plane was at the gate he saw and off in the distance another plane had crashed into the tarmac, "Wow!" he pulled out his camera and began snapping pictures before even unbuckling his seatbelt.  Before long he made his way down the aisle looking to get off the plane.  As he passed first class he found that the door was still closed and amid the scattered belongings was a flight attendants uniform.
    The restroom door was closed and the occupied light was on.  He knocked on the door, "All right?" No answer, "On the job in there aye?" He paused again not wanting to piss anyone off, "Seems I missed the boat.  Don't mean to be a bother but could you let me off the plane?"  Still no answer, "You know there's been a plane crash?  Just outside there."  Finally he tried the handle. The restroom was empty except for another pile of clothes, "Bugger." The cockpit was also unlocked and inside were two empty captains’ uniforms.  The plane was still idling, power engaged, "What the bloody hell is going on here?"
    Finn sat down in one of the empty seats in first class with a small bottle of wine, just enough to fill a glass with, going over the emergency landing instruction booklet in the seat back pocket.  He put it back in the pouch and made his way to the main cabin door again, "All right.  In case of emergency lift lever."  He lifted the lever then continued the instructions to open the cabin door but the wheel gate wasn't in place, just a 35' drop to the tarmac, "Well isn't that just perfect!"  Exasperated he went to the emergency exit and tried again, this time as he pulled the door back an inflatable slide appeared before him.  After a moment he was on the tarmac.  Shockingly he noticed a large plume of smoke off in the distance within the city and there also appeared to be more than one plane crash right there at the airport.  A baggage cart had crashed into one of the planes parked in the distance and a moving staircase was trudging along down the runway seemingly unmanned.
    Smoke and flames were making their way towards him from the multiple crashes, carried by leaking fuel and strong winds further enhanced by the surrounding dried grass.  He looked around for a way into the Airport but nothing stood out.  There had to be an employee entrance somewhere though.  He followed the trails of a baggage cart and found a concealed entryway.  He crawled onto the conveyor belt that led into the underbelly of the airport. 
    A long series of conveyors covered in luggage were there as well as a few empty uniforms and an iPhone.  He ran to the iPhone and picked it up, the battery of his own phone long dead after the flight.  Its screen was cracked in one corner but it was still usable.  They hadn't even used a passcode , "must be my lucky day".  He quickly launched several APPs looking for any information he could find but was dismayed to find nothing current.  He held onto the phone and made his way into the baggage claim area again through the conveyor system.
    More clothes lined the common areas, every now and again a cup of coffee was splattered on the floor as well. "Hello!" he