Narrative tenes exercise: past perfect simple and continous; past simple

This happened over twenty years ago. I (stay) with some friends who (buy) a cottage in southern Italy and I was flying back home to London. We were about twenty minutes into the flight when I (realise) something was wrong. We (climb) to 10,000 meters and the pilot (switch off) the seat belt sign. We (fly) smoothly for about five mintues when I (see) an old man on the other side of the cabin staring out of the window with an expression of pure terror on his face. Then he (raise) his hands in the air and (say) very loudly, 'My God, we are all going to die!' Two flight attendants, who (chat) nearby, came over and (look) out of the window. One of them immediately (run) to the front of the plane and (go) into the cockpit, and at the same time, I felt the plane begin to lose height. Then the pilot made an announcement. He said we (lose) one engine and we would have to return to the airport. At the time I thought this meant one engine (stop) working, but I later learned that the engine (actually / fall off) the plane and I wondered whether it (hit) anybody on the ground. I never (find out) but at least the mishap (not / damage) the wing or any other parts of the aircraft and we (land) about 30 minutes later without trouble.