and it's a THIRTEEN-year-old plane!
Would YOU want to board Finnair flight 666 to HEL on Friday 13th? | Daily Mail Online
A spooky Friday the 13th coincidence paired the widely-regarded number of the devil with Helskinki resulting in flight 666 to HEL.
The Finnair flight AY666 took off from Copenhagen at 12.15pm today and was expected to land in Finland at 3.50pm.
Although it got off to a bad start as the jet, which also happens to be 13-years-old, took of a minute late - it landed safely at its destination even making up nine minutes.
The flight has been running for years, but the airline said it becomes popular whenever it lands on Friday the 13th.
Last year, it happened on May 13, and landed three minutes late without any problems.
Pilot Juha-Pekka Keidasto has previously told RT: 'It has been quite a joke among the pilots. I'm not a superstitious man. It's only a coincidence for me,'.
'If there's some passenger who is anxious about this 666, our cabin crew is always happy to help them.'
Triskaidekaphobia is the fear of the number 13, which dates back to the late 1800s.
A specific fear of Friday the 13th is called Paraskevidekatriaphobia, which derives from the from the Greek word paraskeví meaning Friday, and dekatria meaning thirteen.
While the number 666 is widely regarded as the number of the devil, some argue the number is 616.
The fear of the number 666 is hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia.
Would YOU want to board Finnair flight 666 to HEL on Friday 13th? | Daily Mail Online
A spooky Friday the 13th coincidence paired the widely-regarded number of the devil with Helskinki resulting in flight 666 to HEL.
The Finnair flight AY666 took off from Copenhagen at 12.15pm today and was expected to land in Finland at 3.50pm.
Although it got off to a bad start as the jet, which also happens to be 13-years-old, took of a minute late - it landed safely at its destination even making up nine minutes.
The flight has been running for years, but the airline said it becomes popular whenever it lands on Friday the 13th.
Last year, it happened on May 13, and landed three minutes late without any problems.
Pilot Juha-Pekka Keidasto has previously told RT: 'It has been quite a joke among the pilots. I'm not a superstitious man. It's only a coincidence for me,'.
'If there's some passenger who is anxious about this 666, our cabin crew is always happy to help them.'
Triskaidekaphobia is the fear of the number 13, which dates back to the late 1800s.
A specific fear of Friday the 13th is called Paraskevidekatriaphobia, which derives from the from the Greek word paraskeví meaning Friday, and dekatria meaning thirteen.
While the number 666 is widely regarded as the number of the devil, some argue the number is 616.
The fear of the number 666 is hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia.
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