Australian cricketer Travis Head and his partner Jess Davies survived a "terrifying" plane journey on their way back to home after spending their holiday in the Maldives.
Davies shared images of the chilling experience of the couple via her Instagram account. Davies wrote how the plane had to make an emergency landing. It was the pilot's second attempt at emergency landing where the plan had to be slid off the tarmac and land on an empty field.
“Our plane started descending 30 minutes into our one hour flight and we ended up landing on an island 45 minutes away from our destination. After our second landing attempt, we slid off the tarmac into a field,” she wrote in an Instagram story.
After surviving the uneasy emergency landing, their horrific experience did not end there. While all the passengers were safe and sound, they were locked into a room without any food, water or phone signal for a long period of 45 minutes. However, they were provided with basic necessities later on. She shared photos with husband Head and a cup of noodles they were provided.
“It was like watching a movie, the people panic and then some passengers got aggressive towards staff because they locked us in a room with no water or phone signal or any communication for 45 minutes which only scared people more.
“Eventually they moved us to a nicer room with seating TV and Wi-Fi. We waited four hours for a rescue plane and provided with accommodation,” she added
Head has been in good form of late. He won the ‘Player of the series’ in Ashes 2021-22 despite missing one Test after testing positive for Covid-19. On the back of his performances in domestic cricket, he was also picked for the historic tour of Pakistan. The southpaw did not do well in the Test series. However, he got promoted as an opener in the ODI series and scored a century and half-century each.
Head will be seen in action again when Australia tour Sri Lanka right after the completion of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022. The T20I series will begin on June 7 and go on till July 12. The long series will include three T20Is, five ODIs and two Tests.
