KA KHUAL ZINNA (Chicago Airport Terminal 5 & Air India Fight 126 Paite Pau Zang)
Hun danga leng khualzin zeelzeel himahleng tunai chin a kakhualzinna ah chiamtehtak bangzahhiam ka tuakkha hi. Tutung a ka khualzinna a ka thiltuah khak nih (2) lamdang kasak kon hawmsawn (share) nuam hi:
Chicago to Frankfurt:
Sintawpni June 22, 2012 inTulsa, Oklahoma akipan 7:35AM lian in American Airlines in Chicago, Ohare zuan in kalengkhia a, Chicago Airport 9:25AM a katunphet in Internnational Counter Terminal 5 zuan in kapaipah laanlaan hi! Hu chi-a Airport ‘tram’ a tuang ding a ka khawllaitak in India vaaisiampu, M.P. Kumar, Lucknow , UP mi khat, English theivetlou Hindi kia thei tawh kakituak kha uh hi. Sappau theilou leh kuamah meltheineilou ahihlam katheihtak in, ke’nleng Hindi ka theih sunsun “broken” deuhmai in American honte lak a ka hopihleh nuamsalua in a hong hi gegeuh zawzena ( Ui apuzui bang hialin) a honzui pah tetet hi. A laitawi, mi khuahiam khat in agelhsak kasimleh apaina ding Terminal 5 chih kigelh khawng ahon lakpah a, huchiin‘tram’ a tuang in Terminal 5 a International Flight a Air India counter ah kapai uh hi. Air India te ana diktat (strick) mahmah uha, ka van atam leh agik man in lenna sunga kapuaklut theih (carryon bag) a chihval uh (excess) ziakin $ 100 liau ding dan in ka om a, counter a ahon dong tupa’n“na van hihzang in” a honchihtak in achihngaihna ding katheikeia, ka lawmthak vaai siampupa kiang ah, “ka van non dawn theidiam?” kachihleh ka laptop khat ahon dawn paha, huchiin bangmah buaina ding omlou in kanih un kapai theita uh hi! “Mibuai” ka panpihleh kei buaina ah ahon panpih kha geiha, huchiin Air India Flight #126 Gate a ka tut nana ah ka tut piha, kaki zui tattat uh hi.
AI Flight 126 Airhostess Paite pau zangsiam om
Air India 777 ER ah Passengers 342 (Economy -303,Business-35, First class 4) leh lenna hekte leh a sunga nasemte (Crews) 12 apha uh hi. AI Flight 126 sunga Seat A leh B luah ding a kalawmpa tawh mi honpilaka kaki zuihphei liailiai uleh Airhostess lianlualou, maipumsim piil-peel, mitpawtsim liihleh, mitnuhvom liile, samtom sin biibeih, kum 40- 50 ding mi khat in a honna mu kha a, kamuhphet in English in, “Are you from North East India or Nepal?” chi a ka dot leh aman, “Yes, I am from Manipur” chiin a hondawng hi. Tuazawh in ka “Boarding Pass” a hon etsaka, ken leng tua kapiaktawh kiton in ka ‘Bussiness card’ kapiakleh ka min tawp-a (family name) Tombing a muhphet in, “Nang Paitete maw?” chiin Paite pau in a hon dawngpah hi. Ke’nleng, “hi mahing e, Pastor kahi-a, America a, ka tate veh kawma Saptuamte veh a kuan kahi-a, Lamka a kipan ka hi” chiin ka dawng hi. Aman, “Kei Ukhrul a kipan (Mrs. Grace- min khek) ka hi” achi hi. Ke’n leng hiai lenna sunga mangvom, mangkang leh vaaihon laka, Paite pau za dia ki gingtalou lua ka hihman in, lamdang sakna le hintung /inteek banga kingaihna (feel at home) kanei a nuamkasa hi. Huaitak in ke’n akiang ah,“Bangchidan a, Paite pau siamna maizen chia”? chi a ka dot leh aman,“Little Fower, Imphal a kakailai in Paite veng ah inluah in ka om ngeia, huaiziakin Paite pau kathei hi” chiin Paitepau hoi vetlou in, Lamka pau diktak in ahon dawng setset mawk hi! Ama’n leng melmak gama North East mi omsun chi ahi ding a hong houpih zel a, lenna sunga nek leh dawnte ahong piak chiang bang in leng Paite pau ngen in a hon houpih hi. Nek theih leh ann ahong hawm chiang bangin ka lawmpa’n saa ne vetlou (pure vegetarian) ahih man in, aman, “Hiai vaaite’n salim lam theilou ahai theih theih utawh” chi kawm a ka lawmpa sanek tang ding sakuanga hongpiakbeh chiangin, meltheih neih man omsa in hampha ka kisa mahmah hi! Huchiin Chicago International Airport a kipankhia Frankfurt Airport, Germany zuan in vanlaizawl ah, lei apat miles 6,000 sanga sang zaw a hattakin (ahatluatziak a leng ahihlam leng kithei zawzen lou khopin) kaleng tum vengveng uh hi.
Huchi-a, lenna sunga ihmu a ka omlaitakin, “Pastor” chi'n hiai Airhostess nu’n ahong phawnga, “Bang thuhiam?” chi a ka dotleh, aman,“Zing chiang Sunday in Frankfurt ah Biakin ka kainuam a, kanakum ding” chi in a hon gen a, “Mangpha” chiin Frankfut Airport a kumdi’n a hon paisan hi. Ken,“hiai mi tuh Khristian hoih khat hi ding eive” chiin kangaihtuah hi. Huchiin, keileh ka lawmpa bel Delhi zuan in kong lengnawn diaidiai uh hi.
Thukhitna:
Hiai atunga ka thiltuahte apan a ka theihkhiak thak hiaite ahi uh: 1) Michimawh panpih pen ei-le-eikipanpih ihi. 2) Tumlam gam leh meltheih omhetloh na mun ah zaw, I mel ki batpih simte mah zaw, midangte sanga kingaina zaw (ihihna in hongawm hilimveh aw) chih ahi. 3) Namdang in, eipau a siamtaka ahon houpih mawk uleh aki pahhuaia, angaihnathuai pah ua, huaziakin, “mipau leng zaw siamluat ding hiveh aw,” chih ahi.