We were urged to fasten our seat belt about an hour before the landing. It was rather earlier than usual for the flight. I remember the seasonal strong wind in Japan. I'd like to have known the situation, but I couldn't access the internet in the past 10 hours and didn't have any information. The plane seemed to have been struggling against the unexpected strong winds or air turbulence. The cabin attendants were seated. I stopped watching a movie and switched the display from the movie to the trace of the flight. I'll show you the trace map of that time to you below. What do you think of it? You would easily be able to guess the effort of the airline pilots. Can we successfully land on the soil of Japan?
At last, our plane started going down. I clearly felt the descent of the plane. I was relieved. I can go back home! However, at that time, the plane was fanned by a gust of wind and was raised up. I was scared. The pilots gave up landing and the plane went up in full throttle. According to the story that I heard later, take off and ascent require much more fuel and they can never try landing many times repeatedly. As a result, we got to be transferred to another place. Where? You'll know in the next entry.
(Vocabulary)
be fanned by the wind / be hit by a gust of wind / struggle against the unexpectedly strong winds of 風に煽られる
turbulence 乱気流; (政治的な) 混乱, 騒乱, (心理的な) 動揺
descent [C,U](フォーマル) (飛行機などの) 降下, (山などを) 下る［下りる］こと
ascent 《[C]通例単数形で》 上昇, 登ること
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