Our flight, Continental 144, was scheduled to depart at 10:10 pm. We boarded on time and things were looking good. After 20 minutes however, the pilot came on to say they were having an issue with the engine cowling (cover). It was latched securely but a tab that served as indicator had snapped off. They were calling Boeing in Houston to get clearance. Captain said it would be about 10 minutes more for them to get the paperwork done. Nearly 45 minutes later, he cam back on to say they could not get clearance from Houston and we would be moving to another plane. Jenny imagined some engineer in Houston saying, “I’m not signing off on that!”
Deplaned, walked to opposite end of terminal and eventually boarded our flight.
Arrived in Madrid at 1:45 pm local time after an uneventful flight.
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