We went to Russia with Swiss Air. This meant the journey was not direct to St Petersburg, instead we went to Zurich first. This was all made up for by the good treatment we were given. On the first plane we were served a light breakfast. A slightly more substantial meal was served on the second flight. At the end of the journey we were given Swiss chocolate. I was delighted to see that the air hostesses wore flat shoes. Well done Swiss Air for caring about the long term welfare of your staff. I think it should be law that all airlines at least allow women to choose their footwear. The taking off and landing was very smooth. I am not an experienced traveller and was a little perturbed when the wing, right beside our window, started to split apart. I reassured my friend that this was just to slow the plane down, though I was not entirely convinced!! The other silly thing I found myself doing was leaning out into the gangway to see if I could see anything through the windscreen?????
I have written in previous posts about disasters. In the case of Concorde, decisions by people, plus other factors were directly to blame for the event. In the case of the Penlee disaster it may have been avoided if someone had made a better choice in the time beforehand and as a consequence brave men and the ship's crew and the captain and his family died. 9/11 was certainly the result of wicked men committing a terrorist act, but even in this there was heroism notably by another Cornish man, Rick Rescorla who helped many to safety and left it too late to help himself. In situations like this we see what the human spirit is capable of both good and evil. What of disasters that come on people because of the earth restless movement of tectonic plates. Often people live near volcanoes because the land is rich and fertile and they have the chance of a better life there when the volcano is resting. We cannot blame them for that but sometimes people become complacent...
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