I’m up early, packed, early breakfast then a lift to the airport by the hotel. It was part of the deal. My first flight to Denpasar on Wings Air goes well and it’s a 3-hour wait for my next flight to Manado.
It seats 180 people but there are only 25 of us.
My flight from Bali to Manado on Sulawesi is with Lion Air on a Boeing 737-8Max. Does that sound familiar? It should because both the airline and the aero plane were all over the news a few months ago. The brand new plane flew into the ocean off Java killing all aboard and the plane’s electronics are one of suspected causes, along with pilot inexperience.
Why so few on this flight? Manado is a big city and a popular destination for Indonesians and some foreigners. It can’t be the reason. Could it be that people are untrusting of this particular make of plane?
Anyway…you’re only reading about this because I have landed and able to tell the tale.
I get to my hotel finally at 5.30pm. Manado looks very familiar to me know. This is my third time to this city. And the traffic hasn’t improved. At times this city is just clogged.
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