the airplane crash
i remember him telling me the story of how he survived an airplane crash with his family when he was 3 years old. his family was escaping from china during the war, and was lucky to get on a plane because my grandpa was an official of some sort. his whole family was supposed to sit in regular seats, but moved down to the cargo area to allow money-printing machines that couldn't fit in cargo take their seats. so everyone else was sitting in the cabin, but him and his family sat in cargo.
after flying out of china, the plane needed to make an emergency landing in macau for some unknown reason. the pilot had to make an emergency landing without using the landing gear, and normally, that would mean that the cargo belly, where my dad and his family were, would be destroyed. but somehow the pilot messed up and flipped the plane upside down, so the entire cabin was destroyed and everyone died in the crash other than my dad and his family.
my dad says he remembers being covered in clothes and luggage and getting found by his mom after the crash. and then after they got out of the plane, a bunch of locals came over, but instead of helping them, they took all the valuables from the plane.
anyways, that's how my dad ended up going to school in macau for a few years of his youth. and that's the story of his plane crash survival.
EDIT: here are some corrections of the story from my mom -
Actually the airplane was supposed to go to Taiwan. but pilot got lost and almost used up gasoline. He asked HK's help, but the authorities wouldn't let him land, so he flew to somewhere else-finally on the top of an island called Hai-Na island. He decided to crash the tummy of theairplane for landing since there was no more gas. But somehow he hit some rocks and the whole plane went up side down. After 2 days' (with local people's rubbery) KMT went to rescue them and put them in HK hospital. Due to the serious hospitalization, Grandpa did not go back to China to fight with Communist. Dadi learned Cantonese in HK kindergarden before coming to Taiwan.
after flying out of china, the plane needed to make an emergency landing in macau for some unknown reason. the pilot had to make an emergency landing without using the landing gear, and normally, that would mean that the cargo belly, where my dad and his family were, would be destroyed. but somehow the pilot messed up and flipped the plane upside down, so the entire cabin was destroyed and everyone died in the crash other than my dad and his family.
my dad says he remembers being covered in clothes and luggage and getting found by his mom after the crash. and then after they got out of the plane, a bunch of locals came over, but instead of helping them, they took all the valuables from the plane.
anyways, that's how my dad ended up going to school in macau for a few years of his youth. and that's the story of his plane crash survival.
EDIT: here are some corrections of the story from my mom -
Actually the airplane was supposed to go to Taiwan. but pilot got lost and almost used up gasoline. He asked HK's help, but the authorities wouldn't let him land, so he flew to somewhere else-finally on the top of an island called Hai-Na island. He decided to crash the tummy of theairplane for landing since there was no more gas. But somehow he hit some rocks and the whole plane went up side down. After 2 days' (with local people's rubbery) KMT went to rescue them and put them in HK hospital. Due to the serious hospitalization, Grandpa did not go back to China to fight with Communist. Dadi learned Cantonese in HK kindergarden before coming to Taiwan.
posted by abusygirl | 11:01 PM
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Actually the airplane was supposed to go to Taiwan. but pilot got lost and almost used up gasoline. He asked HK's help, but authority won't let him land, so he flew to somewhere else-finally on the top of an island called Hai-Na island. He decided to crash the tomy of airplane for landing since there is no more gas. But somehow he hit some rock and the whole plane got up side down. After 2days' (with local people's rubbery) KMT went to rescue them and put them in HK hospital. Due to the serious hospitalization, Grandpa did not go back to China to fight with Communist. Dadi learned Cantonese in HK kindergarden before coming to Taiwan.
Correction from MOMI:
should be"there was no more gas"
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