How Glad Am I Not to Be on Pohnpei NOW!!!

A PLANE CRASH at the POHNPEI AIRPORT!!! Thank goodness it was only the tuna plane. But still, this means that the airport is closed. I would have a huge case of island fever if this had happened while I was there.

The last time a plane crashed in Pohnpei, they had to wait for the FAA to show up and investigate before the airport could be re-opened, but when there's a plane on the runway, you can't FLY the FAA in, so they had to wait for them to arrive by boat!

Helen and I used to kayak to the ends of the runway to watch the planes land and take off. We were nearly VICTIMS!!!

Thank you to Ben, a friend of mine in Pohnpei, for sending me these photos.