The passengers are all boarded, seated and buckled up when the pilot & his first officer walk onboard and say good afternoon to the passengers.

Something's odd though - they're both wearing dark glasses, the pilot has a guide dog on a lead and the first officer is tapping his way along the aisle with a white stick.

There's some nervous laughter among the passengers and one or two check the date on their watches to see whether it's April 1st. Now, at the door to the flight deck, the men open it & enter the cockpit.

The door closes, and the engines start with a whine and then a roar. The passengers begin looking nervously around, searching for some kind of a sign that this is just a little practical joke. The stewardesses say nothing and give nothing away.

The plane begins to roll down the runway, moving faster and faster. The people in the window seats realise the plane is heading straight for the large hotel just beyond the airport boundary. Just as it begins to look as though the plane will go ploughing into the front lobby, panic breaks out & the sounds of the screams fill the cabin.

At that very moment, the plane lifts smoothly into the air. The passengers begin to laugh a little sheepishly & relax a bit, and soon they start to do all the things that normal air passengers do - look at the magazines, fiddle about with personal stereos & phones, read their books & talk excitedly about the holiday resort they are all flying to, safe in the knowledge that the plane is safe in the hands of an excellent crew.

Meanwhile, in the cockpit, the blind pilot turns to the blind first officer and says, 'You know what Jim? One of these days, they're gonna scream too late and we're all gonna die' !!