Chiang Rai: White, Red, Blue, Green?

Syd and I sat right by the engine, which is cool to see over to the right of us. The take-off was a little strange, as once the front nose was up, there was a loud scraping sound at the back. Almost as if the rear of the plane had scraped along the runway. Around five seconds later, it was followed by a sharp bend to the right, even though we weren’t that high off the ground! We were heading straight toward the airport terminal.