Last month on Friday the 13th, a bad situation led to an act of kindness.
United flight 2480 (UA2480) took off from San Francisco at 1:01 p.m. on Sept. 13 and was scheduled to land a little after 7 p.m. in Houston, Texas.
The plane's captain came on the loudspeaker and asked for help from any medical professionals who may have been on board. Some time after those volunteers disappeared into the back of the plane, the captain got back on the intercom to say that there would be an emergency landing in New Mexico.
According to stats from FlightAware, UA2480 was diverted to Albuquerque International Sunport and landed at 4:15 p.m.
An ambulance was there to meet the plane when it landed, and a passenger was rushed off before the rest of the passengers were deplaned.
But the emergency landing resulted in a delay, which then pushed some UA2480 crew members over the maximum shift hours allowed by the Federal Aviation Administration. So, legally, the rest of the passengers had to wait for a new group of flight attendants before they could get to their final destination.
Problem was, the new flight crew wasn't due to arrive until a 10:30 p.m. departure, that was more than 7-hours away. Each passenger was initially given a meal voucher at 7:15 p.m., which was hours after they started waiting.
Then... the captain said that the airport was about to close. That included the restaurants!
So the pilot ordered enough pizza's for the entire flight. All 153 passengers.
Eventually, the replacement flight crew arrived and the passengers made their way to Houston, landing in the early morning hours.
One passenger is quoted saying, “Everybody always thinks of something negative happening in this world — this world is doomed,” Stamos says, reflecting on the pilot’s act of kindness. “What I take away from it is that goodness always prevails, you know?”