No one can safely say that travelling is not a risk even with the best of technology. A number of aircrafts encounter challenges with the elements of nature from to time to time and a number of persons become victims of crashes. Some of these crashes have had no victims which is nothing short of a miracle from God for example in Jamaica nearly 300 persons survived although the pilot overshot the runway and the aircraft was smashed then split into two. Others have not escaped the hand of death as what took place in India yesterday.
Imagine only eight survivors from Air India Express ! One hundred and fifty eight persons perished after the plane overshot the runway. According to the reports, the Boeing 737-800 aircraft landed outside the Mangalore's Bajpe airport; the cause, low visibility.
Although guidelines have been set to allivate some of the eventualities if a crash occur not all concern have heeded the call. In the case of india the area could not accommodate one of the safety features mentioned by the international Civil Aviation Organization and the pilots' groups.
The group have requested the airports to construct a 300 yard long safety extension at the end of each runway for extra protection. This was not so because the area is on a plateau. So they should build soft groundlayers that is called arrestors beds, the aim is to slow the plane as much as is possible.
This crash is described as the deadliest in India since the mid collision between Kazakh cargo near New Delhi that killed 349 persons. Prime Minister Manmohan Sigh promised compensation for families of victims.
These crashes are cause for concern as we have to move from place to place. One of the lessons for us to remember is to have patience and heed warnings. Are our pilots and airport authorites doing doing this?
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