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Consipracy Corner – Flight 666 to HEL takes final trip on Friday the 13th─── 15:35 Wed, 27 Sep 2023
On the 13th hour of 13 October 2018, Flight 666 for HEL departed — for one final Friday the 13th flight.
Friday the 13th may spark dread for the superstitious. And for many people, the number 666 is associated with the devil based on the book of Revelation in the Bible. But for 11 years conspiracy airline passengers have flown in the face of any such fearful associations – taking Finnair’s flight AY 666 from Copenhagen to Helsinki, which has the airport abbreviation “HEL” – on Friday the 13th.
The airline tweeted that the flight landed safely in HEL. Finnair also said Friday, October 13th, 2017 would be the last time a flight of that number would fly on Friday the 13th. Asked why by a customer on Twitter, the company said it was retiring the "666" flight number because the airline is growing and adding more numbers. Finnair also noted that it still has a flight from SIN (the code for Singapore's airport) to HEL.
