Storms

[willio773]

Hello FranC, the chances of lightning hitting the aircraft are highly unlikely.

Also the AF447 incident wasn't solely based on storms as they had troubles with the equipment on board.

[FranC]

Well, I am back safe and sound. Just a brief summary of my first SQ flights. My first time on A380. So remarks:

-Takes a long time to take off
-Itīs really quiet
-Itīs affected by turbulences as other planes.

I was on the upper deck. Seat was a little hard, and unconfortable. But as I took a pill, I sleept almost eight hour (I woke up over Bangkok). Crew were nice, and friendly. Not big smiles, but quite professional. Food service was fine, but I got confused since I got a very spicy option. I was surprised about AVOD system. And landing.....approach was quite sunny, and scenic. We got in sunset, and the landing was really nice. No trace of storm at all. I was impressed about Singapore, the MRT system and everything. I got the underground which left me at the harbour.

The problem came taking off from HKG. Stormy the whole day, as a little bit turbulent on A340-600 from VS. Nothing drammatical, but a little bit uneased. No lightning in take off.

Thanks again.