... that is what we are told isn't it ?.... if we want safe passage..... take off your shoes and charge up your phones...... prove to us you are not going to blow up this plane......
There they were, just any ordinary normal Thursday.... about to board a plane on one of the many of 100's long haul flights taking place that day......
I have used Schipol Airport so many times.... in fact it was the first ever airport I had used for my first flight, I had just turned 17 years old....
I can see every detail of that airport.... it was the airport I created a soundtrack moment...... you can see all the people mingling round..... ordinary every day folk..... and so their time comes..... they step up to security...... they take off their shoes..... and they have charged up their phones....... they have done it..... they have proved to who they need to prove to ..... that they do not plan to blow up this plane...
Like many of us I am sure..... they have seen the news reports about Israel and Palestine attacking each other..... or Ukranians and Russians attacking each other...... but that's not our problem, that is a dispute that doesn't affect upon or impact our daily lives..... for those flying from Schipol Airport yesterday why should it affect them..... there was no reason to affect them.... it's the bloody shoe bombers they were worrying about.... or those mad fookers who have learned to make an iBomb from an iPhone........
And so the plane took off, it's passengers and crew safely on board confident in the knowledge that the mad iShoe and iBombers were left behind......
How many times have you sat on a plane, on a long haul flight, made your self comfortable... you look across at all the other seats in your view.... you have even smelt some of your fellow passengers....... You look at them reading their books, working at computers, playing with their tablets, watching what is on the flight entertainment system in the headrest......
You can visualize it now, you can even touch that vision.......
And so it is, you settle your self down...... you take off your shoes..... you pick up your phone..... it is charged, you know it is charged..... and you plug in the headphones and listen to the music.....
And then....... in the blink of an eye..... it ends.......
There they were, just any ordinary normal Thursday.... about to board a plane on one of the many of 100's long haul flights taking place that day......
I have used Schipol Airport so many times.... in fact it was the first ever airport I had used for my first flight, I had just turned 17 years old....
I can see every detail of that airport.... it was the airport I created a soundtrack moment...... you can see all the people mingling round..... ordinary every day folk..... and so their time comes..... they step up to security...... they take off their shoes..... and they have charged up their phones....... they have done it..... they have proved to who they need to prove to ..... that they do not plan to blow up this plane...
Like many of us I am sure..... they have seen the news reports about Israel and Palestine attacking each other..... or Ukranians and Russians attacking each other...... but that's not our problem, that is a dispute that doesn't affect upon or impact our daily lives..... for those flying from Schipol Airport yesterday why should it affect them..... there was no reason to affect them.... it's the bloody shoe bombers they were worrying about.... or those mad fookers who have learned to make an iBomb from an iPhone........
And so the plane took off, it's passengers and crew safely on board confident in the knowledge that the mad iShoe and iBombers were left behind......
How many times have you sat on a plane, on a long haul flight, made your self comfortable... you look across at all the other seats in your view.... you have even smelt some of your fellow passengers....... You look at them reading their books, working at computers, playing with their tablets, watching what is on the flight entertainment system in the headrest......
You can visualize it now, you can even touch that vision.......
And so it is, you settle your self down...... you take off your shoes..... you pick up your phone..... it is charged, you know it is charged..... and you plug in the headphones and listen to the music.....
And then....... in the blink of an eye..... it ends.......
Confirmed death toll so far
- Netherlands: 189
- Malaysia: 44 (including 15 crew)
- Australian: 27
- Indonesia: 12
- UK:
910 - Germany: 4
- Belgium: 4
- Philippines: 3
- Canada: 1
- New Zealand: 1
- Unverified:
43
Total: 298 human lives killed
298 lives ended...... and those they leave behind destroyed....... why ? for christ's sake they had taken off their shoes, they had charged their phones..... what in christ's name had they done wrong.....
They were just living a good and honest life......
Now I accept that the proof of the cause of this incident is still to be confirmed..... but shame on those who did this, and for sure they know who they are.......
I like the next man has no way of knowing the truth.... but I like the next man, can make a very good guess.....
There are countless pictures out today....
but when I saw this one,
of which there a number of such like on a theme......
of which there a number of such like on a theme......
it spoke volumes to me......
And surprise surprise..... the Ukranians blame the Russians..... and the Russians blame the Ukranians.... make them take off their shoes.... then let's see who the fooker was..... let's see who it was who pressed the red button.....
But for what ?.......... all these 298 people were doing was going about their innocent lives......
Before I heard the news of this tragedy, I had planned a Friday desert island SoD.... but this is not a Friday SoD moment....... instead....this a moment to close your eyes for longer than a blink......to think about those on board that fateful flight.........and to know that when you re-open your eyes...... everyone is still there, still sat in their seats....watching their movies..... reading their books..... taking off their shoes.... and using their phones......
