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22nd Dec 2015

A flight to Dublin got delayed so all of the passengers went for beer, ice-cream and a Christmas sing-song

Carl Kinsella

The most fun you can possibly have after your flight gets delayed.

There are fewer things more frustrating than a delayed flight, and it’s all the harder to bear when you’re trying to get home for the holidays.

However, you can always count on the Irish to make the best of a bad situation – and that’s exactly what these people did after a taxiing vehicle crashed into their plane.

The ringleader of the group posted 7 Facebook updates that tell the whole incredible tale of ice-cream, beer, and Christmas songs. Read them and you might even be hoping that your flight home gets delayed.

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We’ve not heard from our air-travel correspondent since but by the sounds of things everybody made it home safely for Christmas.

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