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Many people travel long distances to places like Iceland, Norway, and Alaska in the hope of catching the deep green, purple, and red hues of the aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights.
Adam Groves and his fiancée Jasmine Mapp also made a similar trip to Iceland in the hope of experiencing the beautiful view of the northern lights. During the trip, Groves also proposed to Mapp and she accepted. However, the couple was not able to see the northern lights during their four-day trip.
Luckily on their flight back to Manchester from Reykjavik, they were able to see the northern lights after their pilot did a special 360-degree turn to treat his passengers to a lovely view.
On Tuesday, February 28, Groves tweeted the pictures of the northern lights that he took from the flight and thanked the pilot for his kind gesture. This tweet soon got over 31,000 likes.
While talking about their special flight experience with PA Media, Groves said: “On our flight home, the pilot told us that if we are able to see the lights he’ll do a turn to allow us to see it. Around half an hour into our flight, the pilot dimmed the lights and we saw the (northern) lights.”
He added, “At first, only the passengers on the left-hand side of the plane could see them, but we were sat on the opposite side. The pilot turned the plane around so that passengers sitting on the right could see them too.”
