200 dead in airplane crash in brazil. This also happened less than a year ago. The airfield was even criticised for being too short. Why was this allowed to happen? It would not happen in UK.
2007-07-17 21:56:46 · 11 answers · asked by Ryan 5 in Travel ➔ Air Travel
The runway had just opened after repairs because two planes last week had overshot in wet weather! - Man slaughter charges should be brought
2007-07-17 22:01:41 · answer #1 · answered by Tiger01204 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Who says it couldn't happen in the UK?
Only a few months ago did Bristol airport not have the same problems with a newly resurfaced runway not being grooved enough for drainage? Planes were sliding all over the place on landing and several airlines stopped using it for quite a few days.
Ultimately the responsibility for handling the aircraft in the air or on the ground has to be with the pilots, and if they were uneasy about using the Brazilian airport they should have stood together and stopped using it until satisfied.
A terrible disaster that surely was totally avoidable.
2007-07-18 08:42:41 · answer #2 · answered by Pit Bull 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the air crash in brazil maybe due to pilot error or the runway fault as it is also similar to the Garuda air crash in Indonesia of a Boeing 737-400 as the aeroplane overshot the runway too.
2007-07-18 14:46:50 · answer #3 · answered by Wong W 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one listened and yes it could happen in the UK, not necessarily because of a short runway, but mechanical/pilot error. We have had air crashes in the past.
2007-07-17 22:00:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
This is an exceptionally busy airport in a poor country. It is a bit short but in comparison to the state of many of the planes in operation in South America (usually elderly, dodgy units from South East Asia), it is within their accepted limits of safety. I would not be too smug about safety issues in the UK. The skies over London are far and away the most crowded in Europe and, with the terrible record of UK computer systems, a bad accident cannot be far away.
2007-07-17 22:16:37 · answer #5 · answered by john 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
1. Ryan: "It would not happen in UK"
Who said it? God?
2. John: "This is an exceptionally busy airport in a poor country"
Poor country is your. Brazil have a GDP over 1 trillion dollars/year.
2007-07-18 18:23:29 · answer #6 · answered by alberto 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i think it could happen in the UK too. it's been terrible news about the plane crash though with nobody surving and people on the ground dead too.
i do hope they change something now but for the people that died in this plane crash it's too late!
2007-07-17 22:02:31 · answer #7 · answered by anna i 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I hope not..........Im flying on Sunday from Heathrow. Its a very sad thing that has happend and I will say a special prayer for all the deceased and their families.
2007-07-17 22:10:30 · answer #8 · answered by patti 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Businesses keep doing this while authorities turn a blind eye..
2007-07-17 21:59:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
if that is the case i am sure changes will now be made
regards x kitti x
2007-07-17 21:59:57 · answer #10 · answered by misskitti7® 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋