Friday 13th Travellers Calm About Route 666 To HEL

Is This The World's Unluckiest Flight?
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It's a superstitious person's worst nightmare - flying on board route 666 to HEL on Friday the 13th.

But according to reports, the Finnair flight is almost full and the pilot finds the coincidence of numbers and date "quite a joke".

Juha-Pekka Keidasto, who is flying the plane from Copenhagen to Helsinki predicted "smooth skies" for the Airbus A320

"And if there's some passenger who is anxious about this 666 our cabin crew is always happy to help them," he told the Associated Press.

Meanwhile KLM, not wanting to take any risks with its passengers, tweeted that it has no row 13 and no route 666 on any of its flights.

Friday The 13th - Unlucky For Some?
It's in the cards(01 of13)
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Tarot Card number 13 is the Death Card, depicting the Grim Reaper. (credit:AP)
No room in the inn(02 of13)
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Hospitals and hotels regularly have no room number 13. (credit:AP)
On the street(03 of13)
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Many cities don't have a 13th Street or a 13th Avenue. This city tempted fate. (credit:AP)
Blame your parents(04 of13)
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If you have 13 letters in your name, you're said to have the devil's luck. Like, this guy (Charles Manson). (credit:AP)
Checking in(05 of13)
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Many airports skip the 13th gate. (credit:AP)
Aisle omission(06 of13)
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Airplanes have no 13th aisle. (credit:AP)
Numero...?(07 of13)
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Italians omit the number 13 from their national lottery. (credit:AP)
Unlucky height(08 of13)
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More than 80% of high rises lack a 13th floor (credit:AP)
One solution(09 of13)
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On streets in Florence, Italy, the house between number 12 and 14 is addressed as 12 and a half. (credit:AP)
Hangman's noose(10 of13)
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Traditionally in hangings, there are 13 knots in the noose and 13 steps leading up to the moment of death. (credit:Flickr: Snap®)
Dinner luck(11 of13)
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy may know that in France, socialites called quatorziens (fourteeners) make themselves available as 14th guests to keep a dinner party from an unlucky fate. (credit:AP)
Space travel(12 of13)
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Many say the No. 13 pointed to the ill-fated mission to the moon, Apollo 13. (credit:AP)
Ancient ties(13 of13)
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Some say that the Babylonian Code of Hammurabi (circa 1780 B.C.E.) is to blame for the No. 13 woes since the 13th law is omitted. (credit:AP)