24 March 2009

Narita plane crash

Yesterday a cargo plane crashed at Narita airport, you have probably heard about it. Compared to the plane crash that happened around the same time in the US with children dying, it may have sounded unspectacular. But it reminded me of when I landed at Narita airport in February. I got really scared, there was a strong wind coming from the side and the plane was already dashing in the air. When we got on the ground the plane was really pushed to the side and was sliding and it was hell of a scary moment. Seeing the video of the crash I asked myself whether that kind of wind is common at Narita airport. No evidence of course.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLAV8YrEqs8
Narita has been closed for 2 days according to what I`ve heard. The second city airport, Haneda, is used mostly to transfer passengers to Osaka or Nagoya from which the international flights leave. Narita is not too popular with locals here. It`s considered a bit of a shame that the largest city in the world has such a relatively small airport and it`s very inconvenient to reach it as well, takes around 1.5-2 hours from the city center.

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