Travelers on at least two flights got a light show for the price of their airfare when their planes looped around to give everyone a good view of the northern lights
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He told CNN that they had heard that people on a previous flight had seen the aurora borealis, so they held magazines up near the window to block the cabin lights in hopes of catching a glimpse. He said the easyJet crew were amazing and switched out the lights so everyone could see. His group was lucky because they were on the left side of the plane, he said, so they “got lots of photos before they did the 360.” “Everyone was so excited as many hadn’t seen them before.
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