Fly on the wild side: Flight 666 flies to HEL on Friday the 13th

In a twist of epic proportions, FinnAir Flight 666 flew on Friday the 13th and landed in Helsinki, Finland — a city that has an airport code HEL.

I wish I was joking.

Would you dare to sit in row 13, on board @Finnair flight 666 en route to HEL on Friday the 13th?https://t.co/lKujhSu0gP pic.twitter.com/fWIvQTMLjF

— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) January 13, 2017

On what some call the unluckiest day of the year, a group of people decided to get on the unluckiest number airplane and fly to a place called HEL.

In an even weirder twist, the aircraft was 13-years-old and took off at 13:00 local time.

People on social media, as expected, had a field day with the not-so-lucky coincidence.

*slow clap*

— Marques Brownlee (@MKBHD) January 13, 2017

Sure there was someone called Jason 😁

— Pablo Iglesias 💾🖱️ (@iglesiasp_) January 13, 2017

With black cats and broken mirrors in the cargo hold? 🙂

— Caitlin Kelly (@CaitlinKellyNYC) January 13, 2017

And here it is at 666 retweets. pic.twitter.com/But3gZsYPc

— Mattaui (@mattaui) January 13, 2017

somebody in scheduling was just having fun with this one 😂

— Ma(o)r(r)ah🥀 (@wheresallthemlk) January 13, 2017

But luckily, Flight 666 landed safely in HEL after an hour-and-a-half flight — and even landed early.

Arrival to gate 25. Gate 13 would have been a match made in HEL. 😄

— Helsinki Airport (@HelsinkiAirport) January 13, 2017

Unfortunately, there will not be many more Friday the 13’s to fly on Flight 666 to HEL — A Twitter account with the handle @airlineroute said FinnAir is retiring Flight 666 due to a new number system starting Oct. 29.

Previously reported on Airlineroute, Finnair is retiring flight number 666 with new flight number systems taking place on 29OCT17. https://t.co/elkPtoQ89B

— airlineroute (@Airlineroute) January 13, 2017

The last opportunity to fly Flight 666 to HEL will be on Oct. 13. Would you board the flight to HEL?