My experience on AirasiaX D7 207 (Gold Coast to Kuala Lumpur) mid-air emergency

Normally, I write about my trips in a consequential order by the day.. My last post was on my Japan holiday which I barely have written about the second day when I had to fly off to Gold Coast for work..

Being routinely, I would have finish writing about my Japan holiday before I begin writing about Gold Coast.. but allow me to just skip everything else to the end of the trip as I boarded AirAsiaX D7 207 on 3 July 2017 at Gold Coast bound for Kuala Lumpur..

It was supposed to be a routine flight like any other flight, but as the world have come to learn, it wasn't..

D7 207 was scheduled to depart Gold Coast at 10.20pm, having stopped for refueling on an earlier leg from Auckland.. So we boarded, took our seats and ready to get some sleep..

However, the plane did not back off until 10.50pm.. and minutes later we took off from Gold Coast Airport..

Barely 5 minutes later at around 3,800ft, there was four or five explosions at the right engine, we could see bright orange fireballs and it went "boom, boom, boom", as I would have described it in my Facebook which news globally quoted me..

The Star TV ... fast forward to 1:59

People were crying out "oh my God, oh my God" as the explosions went.. Some put on life jackets while others tried to take photos and videos..

We were later told to turn off all our phones and electronic devices..

The plane stopped climbing, the engine went silent.. at this stage, honestly, we did not know if we'll make it back to land, or to brace for a water landing.. everyone was very quiet and calm but the situation was very intense.. some people got up and away from the wing fearing fire..

Minutes later the captain spoke, "be seated and remain calm".. and a few minutes later the captain spoke again and this time telling us that we will be making an emergency landing in Brisbane Airport in about 10 minutes and that the airport has been very helpful..

Screen capture of the engine brightly engulfed..
Taken by a passenger seated in business class

We touched down in Brisbane Airport without any further incident and was escorted to the terminal by emergency vehicles and firetrucks..

As we parked, we were not allowed to disembark for another 20 minutes while the emergency services inspected the damaged engine..

Finally when the aircraft door opened, the captain walked out of the cockpit and greeted us as we left the aircraft.. Everyone praised the captain for his professionalism and calm in handling the situation..

Captured this photo from the terminal 

Fire truck inspecting

After clearing immigration and collected our baggage, we spent another couple hours sitting and sleeping in the terminal waiting for further information.. we knew we had to spend the night in Brisbane but nothing was forthcoming and nobody was around to tell us anything..

Just a waiting game

2 hours passed before the airport announced that hotel and transportation arrangement is being made and that we will be taken to hotels..

The police and airport security were there together with airport staff managing the distribution of the hotels to the passengers..

At 2am, officers can only began to be seen with us

The first news broke with New Straits Times and The Malay Mail heard about it from my Facebook and quoting my Facebook post as it was..

Moments later, the Australian media outlets began picking up news and by morning, reporters found us at our hotels eager to interview us..

We reached our hotel the Oakwood Hotel & Apartments in downtown Brisbane about 5am and I only have a few hours nap before I was woken up by notification buzzes on my Facebook, Twitter and Instagram of reporters wanting to talk..

I agree to talk to 2 TV stations which were already at the hotel lobby as I went downstairs for a quick breakfast.. but I forgot the stations names and now I have trouble trying to find the clips..

We stayed put in the hotel waiting for further updates which unfortunately, AirAsiaX needs to buck up and improve on.. The update on the replacement flight came by telephone around 2pm something and the hotel went around giving 5 minutes notice "you have to leave now now now, the bus is here". and 5 minutes later the bus left..

As you guessed it, my group and I did not get the news on time and left stranded at the hotel.. we called for a taxi and sped to the airport mad through Brisbane CBD..

Replacement flight was an empty aircraft sent from Kuala Lumpur and was scheduled for departure at 6.10pm as D7 689 (my friend was tracking the plane on Flightradar24 and providing me hourly updates on the aircraft whereabouts).. When we arrived at the airport at 3.40pm there were like 300 over passengers ahead of us in the check-in queue..

Check-in took about 3 hours plus and while waiting in the queue, several reporters tried to get interviews and photos and videos.. Some of us talk, while some declined to be interviewed..

TV crew taking a rest

Queue starts here. 3 hours to counter.

AirasiaX call sign at Brisbane Airport departure screen

1 hour to counter

Boarding beginning 7pm

Check-in finally closed at 7pm and boarding then soon began.. D7 689 finally took off from Brisbane at 7.45pm amid heavy security presence at the gate.. Everyone on board were given complimentary meals and then we settled in and got some sleep..

D7 689 boarding pass

Nasi lemak/chicken rice meal for everybody

Landed safely at 2.30am and again, several reporters were waiting outside the arrival hall of KLIA2 trying to get interviews.. Once out, I made an Uber request and went home at around 4am, and by 5am I was already on my own bed and dozed off.........

My Facebook post which media outlets across the world picked up my line..

Below these are just some of the news outlet picked up on my Facebook and quoted me as saying, "boom, boom, boom"..

Just google "Airasia D7 207 Eric Lim"... hahahaha

The Sun

MALAYSIA: Places And Foods

http://www.placesandfoods.com/2017/07/airasia-x-d7207-makes-emergency-landing-in-brisbane.html
(they were the first one to pick up on my story, roughly about half an hour after I posted the first FB post)

MALAYSIA: New Straits Times
https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2017/07/254302/bird-strike-engine-forced-airasia-x-aircraft-divert-brisbane-says-airline
(NST gave me ample "publicity", being the second news outlet to pick up the news as it happened)

MALAYSIA: The Malay Mail
http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/suspected-bird-strike-forces-kl-bound-airasia-x-flight-d7207-to-brisbane

MALAYSIA: FMT - Free Malaysia Today
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2017/07/04/suspected-bird-strike-forces-airasia-x-flight-to-land-in-brisbane/

MALAYSIA: MSN
http://www.msn.com/en-sg/news/other/'suspected-bird-strike'-forces-airasia-x-flight-to-land-in-brisbane/ar-BBDHQJg

MALAYSIA - Sin Chew
http://www.sinchew.com.my/node/1658500/%E4%BA%9A%E8%88%AAx%E8%B5%B7%E9%A3%9E%E4%B8%8D%E4%B9%85%E6%8A%98%E8%BF%94-%E4%B9%98%E5%AE%A2%EF%BC%9A%E5%BC%95%E6%93%8E%E5%87%BA%E7%8E%B0%E7%81%AB%E5%85%89

AUSTRALIA - ABC
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-04/air-asia-filght-diverted-emergency-gold-coast-brisbane-birds/8675574

AUSTRALIA - Echo.net Daily
https://www.echo.net.au/2017/07/airasia-flight-mid-air-emergency/

UNITED KINGDOM - BBC
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-40476927?SThisFB

UNITED KINGDOM - The Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/04/bird-strike-forces-airasia-flight-divert-brisbane-passengers/

UNITED KINGDOM - The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/04/airasia-bird-strike-forces-brisbane-landing-as-passengers-report-fire-and-explosion

UNITED KINGDOM - International Business Times
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/airasia-flight-diverted-brisbane-after-suspected-bird-strike-1628831

INDONESIA - Tempo.Co Bisnis
https://bisnis.tempo.co/read/news/2017/07/04/090888679/mesin-pesawat-airasia-rusak-diduga-ditabrak-burung

Aviationews.Net

SINGAPORE: Channel News Asia

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/kl-bound-airasia-x-flight-diverted-to-brisbane-after-suspected-9001228

Malaysia Airlines trims more Australian flights

The following routes will be trimmed from Malaysia Airlines' flight fequency: 

Melbourne: Effective 2 August - MH146/MH147
Sydney: Effective 3 August - MH142/MH143
Adelaide: Effective 9 August - MH136/MH139 
Perth: Effective 15 August - MH126/MH127

I was on MH146 on my return from Melbourne last September, the downside is to sleep in the airport the night before with McDonalds as the flight is 8am and need to check in and go through all at 6am.. plus some duty-free shopping time and walking through and exploring the quiet eerie airport...

Sleeping on another trolley

 

That's all the news about Australian routes, hopefully they don't cut anymore..

Next... ASIA!

Aussie Adventure [Part 7/12]: Sex in Sydney

I don't usually play (or rather, admittedly, I RARELY play) when on holidays.. but somehow the lure of City Stream Sydney is just too great to ignore.. I'll let you in on why..

Officially the place name is called Sydney City Steam, but more often and regularly refer to just 357, being the number of the shop lot at 357 Sussex Street..

The entrance to City Steam, it's not really obvious if you are walking down the streets,
I missed it and backtracked :)

So I went there after my Bridge Climb and damn, it was some awesome sex I had there!

The place is fully licensed and approved and they even went to great lengths to obtain a court approval to operate it, which I really have to give it to them for keeping the place in tip-top excellent conditions and keeping the guys happy..

The entrance was around $20 if I remember clearly, and the owners made the place cruisy, sexy, relaxing and safe, very clean and very welcoming. Definitely no attitude here at 357. Everybody is welcomed here so you'll see all shapes and sizes and colours. You will definitely be someone's type at 357!

Yes there are some very hot bodies but that's just like some of the many people there.. As it was a Wednesday afternoon, which also is NAKED theme on 3rd floor.. Being a naked theme means ALL towels off and nobody is holding their cock - very unlike in Malaysia or even Singapore.. So it's just being very natural and very comfortable in this environment..

As you enter, you will come to holding area where you pay and receive your locker key, on the next door, you then proceed to the lockers, strip and put on the towel. Then the fun begins..

Go up the flight of stairs..

You will come to this.. Pay at the small window to the right,
and you will be given a towel and your locker key

As you enter (near the rainbow lights), you will come to the locker area.

 

Locker

Me being me, I wasted no time, stripped and put on my towel, and off I went and checked out the place level by level just to get my orientation right.. Then I headed straight to Level 3 where the excitement was - being the floor without towels. There is a door and as you enter, rows and rows of towel hooks on the wall for you to hang your towel..

Well, somehow towels do get mixed up but that's okay, you can always simply grab ANY towel, walk out naked and down to the locker area and have it exchanged for a fresh towel..

Provided you bring a towel to exchange. ANY towel.

Yea - I lost mine a few times so I just had to grab someone else's towel and exchange it.. No big deal, everyone does that..

On the same floor across from the entrance, there's also some theme rooms, like the sling room (this is where I had sex in, rocking back and forth), live video room (they put up cameras and you can watch yourself having sex on the TV in the room), cages and many more...

 

Various heights seating area in the sauna for various positions

Jacuzzi

The cubicle shower area with transparent glass door.
Isn't THAT private if you ask me lol....

Jacuzzi

Steps leading to the 3rd floor

Steam room

Steam room with some compartments for a little bit more private fun

Open showers area

Open showers area

Room with cage

Live camera room where you can see yourself having sex

Large wresting room with padded walls

Mirror Room

 

One of the sling rooms

Other floors have maze, jacuzzi, rooms, relaxing room, TV/cinema room, and a row of glory holes..

People watch whoever comes in and if you are their type, they will be all over you in no time.. I was having some group caressing in the open area with a couple of other guys groping around and caressing each other.. In within the dim light, I singled out an Asian guy of around my height and body built, he also took on a keen interests in me and soon we were making out there and then in the open area with the rest of the guys around us..

The open area where everyone is naked or some open sex - trust me, it happens. 

Not that hard to tell he's top and he wants to fuck me.. His hands were twirling around my butt and he's so adorable he does not let other people touch my butt anymore, constantly slapping their hands away.. I gave him a big smile and we kissed further..

Soon after he led me into one of the rooms, being dark, I can barely make out it's that sling room.. It's one thing to see it but it's totally another thing to be actually lying on it.. Now it's being different from a bed or mattress as you are, lying on the sling and allowing it to rock back and forth as your top fucks..

I was in this room on that sling....
Just lie on it and put your leg up on the chain and let your top do the fucking..
Trust me, this is fun!

We spent a good, I dont know, like 1 hour in there? Fucking and resting in between and some small chats, and then continue on again.. As we rested, he collapsed on me and we hugged in our sweaty bodies and make out.. And when it's good to go, he went faster and rougher before cutting and going at it again - almost like teasing me with my moan..

I've come to know he's an Aussie PR from Singapore and currently working in Sydney, lean with gym-built body with no flabs, all that I could have imagined my top that is to be..  but that's all I know about him, didn't ask further and didn't tell anything more than need be..

He came all over me and then I came too, and clean up before heading to the showers.. Since I still have plenty of time before dinner, I decided to stay on (apparently he did too as he hang around), rested and just cruised around people watching..

After a while, I felt hard again from all the touching and all, and decided I should just try out the glory holes.. There are 16 glory holes altogether of different heights (such understanding people they are!) and aptly named the corner, the "Suckatorium"..

LOL..

The "Suckatorium"
Basically you enter the cubicle, pop yourself at the wall, put your cock through the hole
and wait :)

The glory holes are along the low wall (with a TV screen showing porn placed on top of it) and there are doors for some privacy.. I didn't bother to lock it but I just shut it to mean the cubicle is occupied.. Then I leaned forward, put my hardened cock into the hole, and not long after, someone was sucking me off..

As I was enjoying the sensation, someone came into the cubicle and started to caress me from behind, and he rubbed his cock against my back and butt, sending an electric pulse down my spine.. Enjoying being served front and back, I soon can't hold it any longer and blew my load into Mr Anonymous's mouth, and he swallowed every bit of it..

And the guy who was rubbing me from behind came as well and shot on me..

After that I did go around the wall to check out how it was like on the other side of the wall... It's half a floor down with stairs leading down to it so it must have been comfortable for the one who's sucking to stand comfortably as the same was the one who was putting his cock through the hole on the other side..

I cleaned up, and showered in the open showers (the open showers faces a lounge area where people just sit, hang around and people-watch, near the sauna and jacuzzi, more like I didn't bother to go to the cubicles - I mean, what for? It's fun showering in the open :)

I just sheepishly smile as I left the place and well, it was an afternoon well spent :) Apparently the crowd drops as it comes to evening.. perhaps most were there for the naked afternoon..

For that $20 or so..

With all these photos, I think you can understand why it's so enjoyable. Trust me, the reviews of the place are nothing short of great.. It is.

Do pay a visit especially on the naked days and have fun!


Sydney City Steam
www.357.com.au
357 Sussex St, Sydney NSW 2000


DISCLAIMER NOTE: photos are swiped from the 357 official website and I claimed NO ownership to the photos except the first one depicting the main entrance which I took it before I entered. 

... to be continued ...
>>> Naked at Obelisk Beach.