Fly on the wild side: Flight 666 flies to HEL on Friday the 13th
Jan 15, 2017, 11:49 AM
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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?