In Reply to: Any news on plane crash in Bali ??? posted by petitenget on Saturday, 13. April 2013 at 16:12 Bali Time:
I had been attending a trade show in Bandung and was originally booked on that flight (so my staff told me this morning when i got in to the office). I changed the flight to Friday as i was too lazy to do the day tour that was scheduled for the day after the trade show.
On my flight on Friday (Lion Air) we had many Chinese tourists on board. As we approached the runway (approaching from the west), there was definitely a sense of panic from the passengers on board as we did appear to be low on approach. When we finally saw the runway, the heavy sigh of relief was very apparent.
I was thinking to myself 'whats the fuss, these pilots have done this many times before' but now i realise that the panic amongst the other passengers could have been for very good reason.
I am very lucky, and wish i could buy a lotto ticket over here if my luck is running this good!