During the past year I've traveled twice; in summer to UAE by Etihad Air, and next time to Norway by Turkish Airlines.
In my second travel, I took 6 airplanes in less than 3 weeks! Yes, 6!!!
1st one was a 4 hours flight from Khartoum to Istanbul via Turkish Airlines, and I must say that Istanbul Airport must be one of the best, most organized airports to transit through.
2nd was a 3 hours and a half flight from Istanbul to Oslo, very smooth with a very delicious lunch!
3rd flight was a 55 minutes long turbulence from Bergen to Oslo, the weather was snowy/windy and the plane just did not stop shaking the whole 55 minutes, and I did not stop praying for a minute! However, the airplane was Scandinavian Airlines, good plane and impressive pilot.
4th was an hour and half smooth flight via Norwegian Air from Berlin to Oslo, I think by then I was getting used to airplanes and flying after taking too many flights in a very short time.
The 5th and 6th were Turkish Airlines back to Khartoum through Istanbul where I stopped for 2 nights.
Now, although I have been taking airplanes since I was a little child, and then I used to LOVE flying, but since my first all-alone-flight in the Summer, I have developed some sort of flying-phobia, that had been too hard to control. I would actually break into tears, thinking of my family back home and regretting the decision of traveling.
To make myself feel better, and to reassure myself, that everything will be alright, I think numbers, and I ask myself how many times have this particular plane/Airline had an air-crash! During my previous travel, the answer was always none! (Although, it turns out Turkish Airlines had an air crash during a domestic flight back in 2003, luckily for me I didn’t know that back then).
After watching and reading the recent news of the Turkish Airlines crash in Amsterdam, I think it would be impossible for me to use that strategy in my next travel, specially that I was already planning to take Turkish Airlines, I guess now I'll have to pay a few extra Sudanese Pounds and take KLM instead, or just find myself another strategy, sleeping pills maybe?!
In my second travel, I took 6 airplanes in less than 3 weeks! Yes, 6!!!
1st one was a 4 hours flight from Khartoum to Istanbul via Turkish Airlines, and I must say that Istanbul Airport must be one of the best, most organized airports to transit through.
2nd was a 3 hours and a half flight from Istanbul to Oslo, very smooth with a very delicious lunch!
3rd flight was a 55 minutes long turbulence from Bergen to Oslo, the weather was snowy/windy and the plane just did not stop shaking the whole 55 minutes, and I did not stop praying for a minute! However, the airplane was Scandinavian Airlines, good plane and impressive pilot.
4th was an hour and half smooth flight via Norwegian Air from Berlin to Oslo, I think by then I was getting used to airplanes and flying after taking too many flights in a very short time.
The 5th and 6th were Turkish Airlines back to Khartoum through Istanbul where I stopped for 2 nights.
Now, although I have been taking airplanes since I was a little child, and then I used to LOVE flying, but since my first all-alone-flight in the Summer, I have developed some sort of flying-phobia, that had been too hard to control. I would actually break into tears, thinking of my family back home and regretting the decision of traveling.
To make myself feel better, and to reassure myself, that everything will be alright, I think numbers, and I ask myself how many times have this particular plane/Airline had an air-crash! During my previous travel, the answer was always none! (Although, it turns out Turkish Airlines had an air crash during a domestic flight back in 2003, luckily for me I didn’t know that back then).
After watching and reading the recent news of the Turkish Airlines crash in Amsterdam, I think it would be impossible for me to use that strategy in my next travel, specially that I was already planning to take Turkish Airlines, I guess now I'll have to pay a few extra Sudanese Pounds and take KLM instead, or just find myself another strategy, sleeping pills maybe?!
-Just for the sake of Turkish Airlines, regardless of this accident, I have always considered it one of the best Airlines I took in terms of smooth flying, good services, and yummy meals. So, to be honest, I might take Turkish Airlines next time I travel, and by the way, my boss is taking Turkish Airlines back to Khartoum tomorrow. Wish him a safe and pleasent flighty-
2 comments:
Funny but also interesting. My youngest sister who is 15 tells me whenever she gets scared from turbulence, she reminds myself how I fly several times a month and I never had a problem!! On her behalf, I authorize you to use her strategy! LOL
But speaking seriously, I am a huge fan of planes and flying (I guess u know that already).. so I do a lot of reading. The chances for a plane to crash from turbulence is nearly 0%. Unfortunately, history shows us that most accidents happen suddenly and very quickly with very short time to react.
lool.. am not a big fan of flying myself.. not for fear of death.. but for fear of sheer boredom!
u're always stuck with a 2-hours movie, boring enough to make me starting thinking of jumpin off the plane..
and the food..?!
but yeah.. a sleeping pill sounds like a good idea :P
**umm.. how can i follow ur blog though.. u don't have an icon here or anything...
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