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Old 03-13-2017, 09:53 PM   #772
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Originally Posted by Raid3n View Post
when i went last month, my flight was delayed 2 hrs leaving due to weather at narita. when we got there we circled for 30 min, and the ride down was like a roller coaster haha. landed first try.

my friend coming from HK, his flight was delayed an hour leaving, and then tried 3 times to land and ended up diverting to Kansai to refuel lol.

he was supposed to land 1hr before me... he got to narita 3 hours after me haha.
I find the air currents going into Japan always give some some mean turbulence. Never had to go-around though, but you can see some crazy videos on youtube with the cross-winds at Narita like this one:
Going again in 2 months, can't wait! JAL 787's are the best
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