The flight from Stockholm to Zurich was a little bumpy. Currently there is a storm over Europe and the airport in Paris, among others, is closed. Apparently, Zurich is on the edge of the storm or is entering its eye. When we began our approach the shaking started and then became constant. To calm myself a little I told myself that the shaking would lessen when we came closer to the ground but that was not the way it worked out. We landed more or less on one wheel. At the time I felt very ill and I usually don’t have that problem.
After the landing the captain told us that this was his second last flight and that, in his 35 years as an aviator, he had never experienced anything like it. I hope that I never experience anything like that again.
(English will come)
Flygresan från Stockholm till Zurich blev lite väl gropig. Just nu råder det storm över Europa och bland andra är flygplatserna i Paris stängda. Zurich befinner sig tydligen i utkanten av stormen eller är på väg att komma i centrum. Då vi började inflygningen började skakningarna och sedan tilltog de hela tiden. Lite lugnande sa jag till mig själv att kommer vi bara lite närmare mark kommer det att lugna sig, men icke sa Nicke. Vi landade mer eller mindre på ett hjul. Själv mådde jag enormt illa och jag brukar inte ha problem med det.
Efter landningen berättade kapten att detta var hans näst sista flygning och att han under 35 år som flygare aldrig upplevt något liknande. Jag hoppas att jag aldrig kommer att uppleva något liknande igen.
Anderz Wahlström
February 12, 2009
Hallo Kjell, thanks for an interesting presentation and further discussions in Zurich! Me and my wife Agneta (former Cabin Chief by SAS) truly agree with your feelings from the arrival in Zurich. After more than 30 years of flying around the globe, we have never experienced a more “irregular” landing and we spoke to the Captain on the ground and he told us the winds were in all directions at the same time. For him one additional experience just before “leaving the flightdeck” finally…
christer ljungberg
March 4, 2009
With more oil use (until Peak Oil, the weather will be even more irregular….