During their flight home on an EasyJet plane, the natural phenomenon lit up the night sky. However, it was only visible to those sitting on the left side of the plane, opposite to where Groves and Mapp were seated. The couple would have missed the incredible sight if it wasn’t for the “very kind” pilot who offered to circle the plane 360 degrees so that everyone on board could see the lights. The lights have been visible over parts of the UK this week, according to BBC.
“We were hoping to see them while we were out there but we didn’t get the chance,” said Groves. “We took off, and halfway into the flight, the pilot turned all the lights off, and the view could be seen out the left window. But we were sitting on the right-hand side, and after a few minutes, the pilot switched back and did a 360 loop around for everyone to see.”
The couple described it as the perfect ending to their life-changing trip, following their engagement at a beautiful natural outlook on Iceland’s southern coast. “After days of jumping in the car at any opportunity to try and find the northern lights without spotting them, finally getting to see them in the sky was the perfect ending to a very special trip,” Mapp told BBC.
An EasyJet spokeswoman expressed happiness that the pilot was “able to perform a controlled maneuver” so that passengers could witness “one of nature’s greatest sights.”
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