The Flight

I was booked on BA057 from London Heathrow to Johannesburg, South Africa.
 
The flight was on a Boeing 747, non-stop to Johannesburg, an eleven hour flight. The flight covers 5444 miles at a speed of around 600 mph once the plane gets up to cruising altitude and speed. There was an extraordinary amount of turbulence for several hours, much more than I have ever experienced and the plane was shaken about in the sky by the wind conditions.

I was booked in to ordinary sardine class which was extremely uncomfortable after an hour had passed. The two pictures above show just how crowded the plane was. The food was good in comparison to some that I have had on package holidays, however it was not as good as the food I enjoyed last year on Scandinavian Airways on my journey to Copenhagen.

I have never been to the Southern Hemisphere before and was quite excited to be crossing the Equator for the first time.





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