BAD TRIP 21: Coming in on a Wing and a Prayer
News just in:
9 Dead in Turkish Plane Crash in Amsterdam
And just recently:
Airplane Crash-lands in Hudson River…
50 Killed as Plane Hits House Near Buffalo…
2 Dead in Fiery Plane Crash at Illinois Airport…
And many more!
A website (http://www.planecrashinfo.com/) has 5,252 accidents in its database
Aaaaargh!!!!
And my job makes me take to the skies more often than I like.
Not too long ago, Cebu Pacific gave me quite a scare.
(Think Flight 387 that crashed on the slopes of Mt. Sumagaya in Misamis Oriental in 1998, killing all 104 people on board. Waaaah!)
We were bound for Caticlan (with its too-short runway) aboard a small plane with propellers.
Not even the view of Boracay Island from my window seat could rid me of that queasy feeling from the rough flight.
Coming in, I thought the plane’s descent was a little off.
True enough, we landed with a loud thud and a jarring crash.
Everyone screamed!
Then the plane took off again!
What the hell??!
Passengers screamed even more.
A small kid yelled “Mommyyyyy!!! Are we gonna die?!!”
The plane made a sharp turn, like we’re in a rollercoaster.
Half the passengers were vomiting…kids crying.
The plane circled, trying to land again.
When we did, it was with a loud thud and a jarring crash again.
But this time we made it to the end of the runway.
Whew.
9 Dead in Turkish Plane Crash in Amsterdam
And just recently:
Airplane Crash-lands in Hudson River…
50 Killed as Plane Hits House Near Buffalo…
2 Dead in Fiery Plane Crash at Illinois Airport…
And many more!
A website (http://www.planecrashinfo.com/) has 5,252 accidents in its database
Aaaaargh!!!!
And my job makes me take to the skies more often than I like.
Not too long ago, Cebu Pacific gave me quite a scare.(Think Flight 387 that crashed on the slopes of Mt. Sumagaya in Misamis Oriental in 1998, killing all 104 people on board. Waaaah!)
We were bound for Caticlan (with its too-short runway) aboard a small plane with propellers.
Not even the view of Boracay Island from my window seat could rid me of that queasy feeling from the rough flight.
Coming in, I thought the plane’s descent was a little off.
True enough, we landed with a loud thud and a jarring crash.
Everyone screamed!
Then the plane took off again!
What the hell??!
Passengers screamed even more.
A small kid yelled “Mommyyyyy!!! Are we gonna die?!!”
The plane made a sharp turn, like we’re in a rollercoaster.
Half the passengers were vomiting…kids crying.
The plane circled, trying to land again.
When we did, it was with a loud thud and a jarring crash again.
But this time we made it to the end of the runway.
Whew.
posted by Miki at
10:17 PM
8 Comments:
quite a scare, indeed! hadloka ana ui!
What happened to the victims kuya mik? I mean, those people beside the people who vomitted. Were they hit? =D
nyahahaha!!!
you bet
pero saunz, di man ka kareklamo kay turete na man tanan hehehe
hi Mike,
True and scare pag nagpi-plane. Nung single pa ako deadma lang ako jan pero nung magkaanak na ako... gosh, take off pa lang nagpi-pray na ako sa lahat ng santon na kakilala ko.
oo nga Am. ngayon, nagpi-pray na ako before takeoff and after a safe landing. di naman ako religious talaga hehehe. but with a family to think of, i guess one's perspective changes...
In a Cebu Pacific flight a few years ago from Caticlan, the stewardess informed us that it is really difficult to fly in and out of Caticlan because of the hill next to the airport. The plane is always in danger of crashing on the hill. That's why the sitting is based on ones weight.
She informed us that stewards and stewardesses prefer not to be assigned to fly Caticlan-Manila.
After that, everytime I go to Boracay, I fly through Kalibo.
Glad that you are okay!
Cheers!
cathy
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true. better to fly through kalibo. but sometimes the convenience of flying almost right on Bora is just irresistible hehehehe....
magbawas-bawas ka na ng biyahe by plane mike. ang laking surge din sa carbon footprint mo ng bawa't plane ride na 'yan.
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