LIMA to IQUITOS

In 2005, the Hilton workparty flight from Iquitos to Lima hit the mother of all electrical storms over the Andes. Some say the plane was actually hit by lightening! It was a very frightening experience being in a plane which was constantly being thrown about by the elements. The experience was made worse by the fact that we were having to land the plane at a jungle airport where there had been a fatal plane crash in similar weather conditions just 3 weeks before! Albert Bogle has obviously experienced similar conditions in Peru. Yesterday on that same flight he wrote a poem about it. The most reassuring aspect of these experiences has been the quality of the planes that LAN PERU have, as pictured above.