Stuck in China...

hey there fellas!!!..

how's everything holdin up?.. went thru some scary experience last wednesday...and believe me...it's 1 of the days when nothing goes right...

it all started on a very beautiful wednesday morning...a usual routine...report in for work at the flight operations...

scheduled to fly to Haikou..located on the island of Hainan...South of China... (Believe me...i don't even know where the hell is that until the day before the flight :P ) it's approx 400kms from Macau itself...

on reaching at the aircraft...the captain did the walk-around the aircraft to check any defects on the aircraft..apparently he found some fuel drops indications on the starboard (right) side engine...the engineers rectified and confirmed...the dripping stopped..
so we decided to carry on...i was in the cockpit already doing the paperworks at that time...passengers already boarded...

anyway..we departed on schedule at 7am...weather was perfect...absolutely beautiful...

it was a 3 and a half hours flight into Haikou..with nothing much to do...captain was readin the newspaper..i was monitorin the radios...

once we hit the Vietnam airspace.....thats when the shitty part of the day starts...

the Senior Flight attendant (SFA)..called in on the intercom...and apparently there's a passenger is going thru heart attack...

well...all credits to the SFA and the rest of the cabin crew at the back..they handled the situation well..provided the passenger with his own medications...used the oxygen bottle...etc n etc....

captain and i in the meantime...prepared the aircraft to divert to the nearest airport we have....Ho Chi Minh city..Vietnam..

the minute before i make the call to control to confirm our diversion....the SFA called in...the passenger is feelin better it seems..now...that seems to be some good news...so we continue on with our flight....but gotta keep an eye on the passenger...its another hour away from Haikou....so we had the SFA report to us every 15 minutes hows the situation at the back..

that's the shitty part number 1....we carried on...and landed safely in Haikou...that's my first emergency encountered..

got appraisal from the captain..the situation was handled well by every1...was lucky to have some very efficient crews on board..

ok..all the passengers got off...as we prepared the aircraft back into Kuala Lumpur... i was happily telling the captain...let's get this over with and go home sir...enough shit for today sir...haha..we were talking crap in the cockpit...when 1 of the engineer came in....captain...we have a situation....Engine number 2....fuel is flowing out like tap water..."holy shit!!!"

initially i thought it would be an hour delay...for them to rectify the problems and replace whatever parts that is broken..

i ended up sleeping in Haikou for the night....DAMN!!!!!

apparently...Air Asia has only 1 flight a day into Haikou...and there is no other aircraft available to rescue us...we need 1 aircraft to bring in the spare parts from KL...but the next flight in to Haikou from Kuala Lumpur is the next morning..together with the spare parts...

damn IT!!!!...the next thing i know...the 6 of us....is in the bus together with the passengers....on the way to the hotel....
it was like a dream....everything doesnt seem real at that time...haha...not to mention..i wasnt prepared for the incident...i do not have any extra shirts with me...

so what did we do after checkin in?...whatelse can we do?...we dine...and went out for a stroll at the hotel surroundings...lucky us the hotel in the city centre....

there were 6 of us...after dinner...the other 3 cabin crew decided to go shopping at the mall opposite the hotel...

left me,the captain...name him Razman....and the SFA...Wendy...alone with nothing to do...
the SFA...she's not a fan of shopping so she ended up with us...

we ended up in MCdonalds...sipping coffee....chit chatting all the way til bout 3am...ended up...3 of us became best friends...

i woke up the next morning...to realise...Haikou is actually a damn huge city..but believe me..its probably the last place i'll choose to go for vacation...sorry to say...hehe...



Wendy called up...and we had breakfast together at the hotel cafe..captain came n join later with the rest of the crew...

after breakfast...receiveda call from the station manager there..the aircraft from KL just arrived..and the engineers are working on our plane...but no estimate..so? we went out for another stroll...just to check out the China people's way of living..in the day time...


Pictures and more pictures....




at around 1pm...station manager called in..."your aircraft is ready sir...you guys are going home"

wahahaha...that's 1 of the best news we will ever get for the day...go back to the hotel..pack up!!!....and we are OUT OF THERE!!!!...

reach the airport around 4...did all the paperworks n stuffs...departed before nightfall...

Sunset from my office...

we landed safely back in KL at 8...phew...exhausted..but still gotta hold on at the office...reports and so on....F*#$%^&!

but in the end...we got to know..hehehe...we got our nightstop allowance....yahoo!....extra money!!!hehehe...

that's 1 of the best experience i've had so far in the airline....and i've learnt a lesson aswell...

never travel without atleast an extra cloth with you....best...to carry a nightstop kit...toothpaste,tooth brush....etc n etc...

thats all for now.....sorry for the long post fellas...

hope u enjoy it... ^^