Jona recounts experience after the Turkey airport bombing

Maureen Marie Belmonte

<p class='MsoNormal'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma'><img src='' alt='070216-JonalynViray_main.jpg' width='400' height='290' align='left' border='0'>New Kapamilyasinger Jona could only describe her first Kapamilya trip abroad as “scary.”</span></p><p class='MsoNormal'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma'>Jona recently flewto Madrid, along with host Amy Perez and her husband Carlo Castillo, to takepart in the <i>Maalaala Mo Kaya 25 Kakwentong Kapamilya, </i><span style='mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>which was spearheaded by CharoSantos-Concio.</span></span></p><p class='MsoNormal'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma'>“Sobrang nagingscary po talaga, sobrang kinabahan po kami. But we’re very thankful kasi pona-delay po yung flight namin sa Madrid ng isang oras,” she said during thepress conference for <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>ASAP’s</i> upcomingsegment <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>ASAP Pinoy.</i></span></p><p class='MsoNormal'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma'>A suicide bombingtook place at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport last June 29 and ended up killing over44 people.</span></p><p class='MsoNormal' style='mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma'></span></p><iframe class='instagram-media instagram-media-rendered' id='instagram-embed-0' src='https://www.instagram.com/p/BHO4ttkh-Kn/embed/captioned/?v=7' allowtransparency='true' frameborder='0' height='1060' data-instgrm-payload-id='instagram-media-payload-0' scrolling='no' style='border: 0px; margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 4px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039) 0px 0px 1px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.14902) 0px 1px 10px 0px; display: block; padding: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255);'></iframe><script async='' defer='' src='//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js'></script><br/><p></p><p class='MsoNormal'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma'>According to her,their group had no idea that a terrorist attack had happened at the airportwhere they were supposed to land. Their flight was diverted to Izmir airport,which is five hours away from the Ataturk Airport.</span></p><p class='MsoNormal'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma'>“So, andun lang pokami sa loob ng eroplano for two hours nang maka-land po kami, kasi hindi pokami pinapapasok sa loob ng airport for safety,” she said describing whathappened when they landed at Izmir Airport.</span></p><p class='MsoNormal'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma'>Jona, who was nota first-timer in the said country, said she owes a lot to the Castillo couple.</span></p><p class='MsoNormal' style='mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma'>“Si Kuya Carloang maraming contacts sa TV5, ABS-CBN, DFA, Philippine Embassy sa Turkey, kayapo naging okay din naman lahat,” she said.</span></p><p class='MsoNormal' style='mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma'>Jona sadlyshared that Turkey is no longer the same country that she visited back in 2007.</span></p><p class='MsoNormal' style='mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma'>“Nungnakakuwentuhan po namin yung mga contingents sa Turkey, two years ago nagsimulayung mga ganung threats at mga bombings, shootings,” she related.</span></p><p class='MsoNormal' style='mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma'>The Birit Queensmember ended, “Sobrang natakot po kami but, at the same time, nahimasmasankami, at least po hindi kami naka-land on time sa Istanbul.”</span></p><p class='MsoNormal' style='mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma'>Since she didnot have any phone signal while abroad, Jona said that her family and friendsworried a lot about her soon as they heard about the bombing in Turkey. </span></p><p class='MsoNormal'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma'>Amy shared ablow-by-blow account of their experience after the blast occurred on her socialmedia account.<br/><br/></span></p><iframe class='instagram-media instagram-media-rendered' id='instagram-embed-1' src='https://www.instagram.com/p/BHN1V2qgvGU/embed/captioned/?v=7' allowtransparency='true' frameborder='0' height='780' data-instgrm-payload-id='instagram-media-payload-1' scrolling='no' style='border: 0px; 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<p class='MsoNormal'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma'>A suicide bombingtook place at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport last June 29 and ended up killing over44 people.</span><p class='MsoNormal' style='mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma'></span><iframe class='instagram-media instagram-media-rendered' id='instagram-embed-0' src='https://www.instagram.com/p/BHO4ttkh-Kn/embed/captioned/?v=7' allowtransparency='true' frameborder='0' height='1060' data-instgrm-payload-id='instagram-media-payload-0' scrolling='no' style='border: 0px; margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 4px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039) 0px 0px 1px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.14902) 0px 1px 10px 0px; display: block; padding: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255);'></iframe><script async='' defer='' src='//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js'></script><br/><p><p class='MsoNormal'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma'>According to her,their group had no idea that a terrorist attack had happened at the airportwhere they were supposed to land. Their flight was diverted to Izmir airport,which is five hours away from the Ataturk Airport.</span><p class='MsoNormal'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma'>“So, andun lang pokami sa loob ng eroplano for two hours nang maka-land po kami, kasi hindi pokami pinapapasok sa loob ng airport for safety,” she said describing whathappened when they landed at Izmir Airport.</span><p class='MsoNormal'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma'>Jona, who was nota first-timer in the said country, said she owes a lot to the Castillo couple.</span><p class='MsoNormal' style='mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma'>“Si Kuya Carloang maraming contacts sa TV5, ABS-CBN, DFA, Philippine Embassy sa Turkey, kayapo naging okay din naman lahat,” she said.</span><p class='MsoNormal' style='mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma'>Jona sadlyshared that Turkey is no longer the same country that she visited back in 2007.</span><p class='MsoNormal' style='mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma'>“Nungnakakuwentuhan po namin yung mga contingents sa Turkey, two years ago nagsimulayung mga ganung threats at mga bombings, shootings,” she related.</span><p class='MsoNormal' style='mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma'>The Birit Queensmember ended, “Sobrang natakot po kami but, at the same time, nahimasmasankami, at least po hindi kami naka-land on time sa Istanbul.”</span><p class='MsoNormal' style='mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma'>Since she didnot have any phone signal while abroad, Jona said that her family and friendsworried a lot about her soon as they heard about the bombing in Turkey. </span><p class='MsoNormal'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma'>Amy shared ablow-by-blow account of their experience after the blast occurred on her socialmedia account.<br/><br/></span><iframe class='instagram-media instagram-media-rendered' id='instagram-embed-1' src='https://www.instagram.com/p/BHN1V2qgvGU/embed/captioned/?v=7' allowtransparency='true' frameborder='0' height='780' data-instgrm-payload-id='instagram-media-payload-1' scrolling='no' style='border: 0px; 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<p class='MsoNormal'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma'><img src='' alt='070216-JonalynViray_main.jpg' width='400' height='290' align='left' border='0'>New Kapamilyasinger Jona could only describe her first Kapamilya trip abroad as “scary.”</span><p class='MsoNormal'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma'>Jona recently flewto Madrid, along with host Amy Perez and her husband Carlo Castillo, to takepart in the <i>Maalaala Mo Kaya 25 Kakwentong Kapamilya, </i><span style='mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>which was spearheaded by CharoSantos-Concio.</span></span><p class='MsoNormal'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma'>“Sobrang nagingscary po talaga, sobrang kinabahan po kami. But we’re very thankful kasi pona-delay po yung flight namin sa Madrid ng isang oras,” she said during thepress conference for <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>ASAP’s</i> upcomingsegment <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>ASAP Pinoy.</i></span>

Jona says she owes Amy Perez and Carlo Castillo a lot for being well-connected.

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