Pray before, during and after your flight. Flying in Somalia
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Pray before, during and after your flight. Flying in Somalia
Apols. if this is in the wrong place. It's an interesting read about flying in Somalia.
Somalia: Pray before, during and after your flight - Voices of Africa
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"When the gates at the departure lounge opened, everyone rushed towards the plane. I, along with some other quick-footed passengers, chose to run. As with many domestic flights in Somalia, there are more passengers than available seats. If you don’t literally grab a seat on the plane, you’ll stand for the whole journey despite having paid for a seat. I was lucky to be one of the first to get on the plane. Seats filled up fast and 25 unlucky passengers were left standing in the aisle."
Somalia: Pray before, during and after your flight - Voices of Africa
brief sample:
"When the gates at the departure lounge opened, everyone rushed towards the plane. I, along with some other quick-footed passengers, chose to run. As with many domestic flights in Somalia, there are more passengers than available seats. If you don’t literally grab a seat on the plane, you’ll stand for the whole journey despite having paid for a seat. I was lucky to be one of the first to get on the plane. Seats filled up fast and 25 unlucky passengers were left standing in the aisle."
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This Old Russian planes have killed a lot of people in Africa and I don't know who will stop them in Somalia. I know Kenyan CAA will not accept any ANTONOV's and IL18's. I hope AMISON and Somali government with the help of UN will stop these madness.
When the gates at the departure lounge opened, everyone rushed towards the
plane. I, along with some other quick-footed passengers, chose to run. As with
many domestic flights in Somalia, there are more passengers than available
seats. If you don’t literally grab a seat on the plane, you’ll stand for the
whole journey despite having paid for a seat. I was lucky to be one of the first
to get on the plane. Seats filled up fast and 25 unlucky passengers were left
standing in the aisle."
plane. I, along with some other quick-footed passengers, chose to run. As with
many domestic flights in Somalia, there are more passengers than available
seats. If you don’t literally grab a seat on the plane, you’ll stand for the
whole journey despite having paid for a seat. I was lucky to be one of the first
to get on the plane. Seats filled up fast and 25 unlucky passengers were left
standing in the aisle."
Result? Massive overbooking. The fastest runners got the seats. Usually a scrum at the stairs and so have to order doors closed. Ground staff then had to drive the stairs away with pax clinging on to all sides.
Once, couldn't get back on board after transit walkround, till the melee subsided, assisted by security folks wielding batons.
Head count? What's that?! (toilets often occupied, and yes, once had 5 on jumpseat.....You think I'm joking? Good old days. It was certainly different).