{"id":1917,"date":"2010-04-23T06:11:17","date_gmt":"2010-04-23T04:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.photogeisha.org\/?p=1917"},"modified":"2017-10-15T16:50:04","modified_gmt":"2017-10-15T14:50:04","slug":"tuoni-fulmini-e-saette-thunder-lightning-and-thunderbolts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/?p=1917","title":{"rendered":"Tuoni, fulmini e saette &#8211; Thunder, lightning and thunderbolts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Che il comandante del volo Shanghai &#8211; Macao sia un pirla \u00e8 innegabile.<br \/>\nIl tempo era quello che era, ma il carrello aveva quasi toccato terra, quando l&#8217;aereo ha ripreso violentemente quota.<\/p>\n<p>Da l\u00ec in poi un incubo.<br \/>\nI motori sembravano voler esplodere da un momento all&#8217;altro, la pioggia battente, intorno nient&#8217;altro che nuvole dense, turbolenza, tuoni, fulmini e saette.<\/p>\n<p>L&#8217;altoparlante \u00e8 muto, le hostess statue di cera.<br \/>\nPoi, d&#8217;improvviso, un cinese si alza.<br \/>\nE&#8217; un attimo e l&#8217;aeromobile si trasforma in un bazar.<\/p>\n<p>A questo punto le assistenti di volo si destano dal loro torpore ed iniziano a fornire alcune spiegazioni, rigorosamente in cinese.<br \/>\nDel resto sono l&#8217;unico occidentale a bordo.<\/p>\n<p>Ne agguanto una per un braccio e le chiedo cosa stia succedendo.<br \/>\nMi risponde che, a causa del maltempo, non possiamo atterrare.<br \/>\nLe faccio notare che eravamo gi\u00e0 sulla pista, quando il pilota ha deciso misteriosamente di riprendere quota.<br \/>\nMi risponde con un disarmante &#8220;lo so&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Nel frattempo il caos si allarga. Sono quasi tutti in piedi che &#8220;abbaiano&#8221; qualcosa per me incomprensibile.<br \/>\nMi rifugio nel mio taccuino.<\/p>\n<p>Dopo un&#8217;ora e dieci da tregenda, atterriamo all&#8217;aeroporto di Liang Jiang.<br \/>\nNon ho la pi\u00f9 pallida idea di dove sia.<br \/>\nRimaniamo sull&#8217;aereo in attesa di ulteriori informazioni.<\/p>\n<p>Per ingannare il tempo tiro fuori la macchina fotografica.<br \/>\nUn&#8217;hostess immediatamente mi dice che non si possono fare fotografie.<br \/>\nRimedia un VAFFANCULO galattico.<br \/>\nOrmai siamo all&#8217;anarchia!<\/p>\n<p>Dopo un&#8217;ora e mezza finalmente riprendiamo quota alla volta di Macao.<br \/>\nLa giornata \u00e8 andata a puttane, ma almeno sono qui a raccontarla.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #732d03;\">English<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #732d03;\">I&#8217;m quite sure that the captain of the Shanghai &#8211; Macau flight was a moron.<br \/>\nThe weather was very bad, but the landing gear had almost touched the ground, when the plane, suddenly, took off again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #732d03;\">Thereafter it was a nightmare.<br \/>\nThe engines seemed to want to explode at any moment, the rain, around nothing but dense clouds, turbulence, thunder, lightning and thunderbolts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #732d03;\">The speaker is silent, the stewardesses are wax sculptures.<br \/>\nThen, suddenly, one Chinese stands up.<br \/>\nIn few seconds, the plane turns into a bazaar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #732d03;\">The flight attendants are awakened from their slumber and begin to provide some explanations, strictly in Chinese.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m the only Westerner on board.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #732d03;\">I grabbed one of them by the arm and ask what is happening.<br \/>\nShe replied that, due to bad weather, we can not land.<br \/>\nI would point out that we were already on the runway, when the pilot decided to take off again.<br \/>\nShe replies with a simple &#8220;I know&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #732d03;\">Meanwhile the chaos expands. Everybody is standing, &#8220;barking&#8221; something in a language that I do not understand.<br \/>\nI seek refuge in my notebook.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #732d03;\">One hour and ten minutes later, we finally landed at Liang Jiang airport.<br \/>\nI have no idea where it is.<br \/>\nWe remain on the plane, awaiting further information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #732d03;\">To pass the time I take out my camera.<br \/>\nStewardess immediately tells me that I can&#8217;t take pictures.<br \/>\nI simply answer &#8220;I DON&#8217;T FUCKING CARE&#8221;.<br \/>\nNow it&#8217;s anarchy!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #732d03;\">After an hour and a half we took off one more time to Macau.<br \/>\nThe day went to hell, but at least I&#8217;m here to tell it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/public\/23_04_10_china_spring_2010_mii_255_pg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1918 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/public\/23_04_10_china_spring_2010_mii_255_pg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"408\" height=\"272\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/public\/23_04_10_china_spring_2010_mii_254_pg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1919 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/public\/23_04_10_china_spring_2010_mii_254_pg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"408\" height=\"272\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/public\/23_04_10_china_spring_2010_mii_264_pg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1920 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/public\/23_04_10_china_spring_2010_mii_264_pg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"612\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/public\/23_04_10_china_spring_2010_mii_295_pg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1921 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/public\/23_04_10_china_spring_2010_mii_295_pg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"612\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Che il comandante del volo Shanghai &#8211; Macao sia un pirla \u00e8 innegabile. Il tempo era quello che era, ma il carrello aveva quasi toccato terra, quando l&#8217;aereo ha ripreso violentemente quota. Da l\u00ec in poi un incubo. I motori sembravano voler esplodere da un momento all&#8217;altro, la pioggia battente, intorno nient&#8217;altro che nuvole dense,&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/?p=1917\" class=\"gdlr-button with-border excerpt-read-more\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[5,8],"tags":[796,1897,2647,2988,2990,3058,3062,3272,5610,5757,5982,6870,9091,9461,9463,11946,11961,12073,12074,12157,13483,14061,16395,16396,16827,16909,17559],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1917"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1917"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9100,"href":"https:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1917\/revisions\/9100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}