By: Arabella-Cox - 10th October 2000 at 18:53
RE: Flying coffins of India
I must say what is the reason that these aircraft have all crashed. Was it that the airlines technicians are not looking after the aircraft properly or is it something else. I must also say that korean airways has a lot of crashes, now that an airline that i would not fly with.
By: Suhail Shafi - 9th October 2000 at 11:59
RE: Flying coffins of India
Yes, I agree Indian Airlines is a terrible airline, with uninspiring interiors, bad service, and a totally unenviable safety record.When I fly in India, I prefer to travel in style with India’s world class domestic airline, namely Jet Airways.Go with them, and avoid Indian Airlines at all costs.
By: Arabella-Cox - 31st July 2000 at 20:34
RE: Flying coffins of India
So for a major airline to have a crash on average every 3.846 years is “quite a good record”?
There are many hundreds of airline managers, passengers, crew and people in the regulating bodies who would put this record firmly in the category where it belongs:-
Not the worst but massive room for major overhaul and improvement
By: Arabella-Cox - 22nd July 2000 at 21:42
RE: Flying coffins of India
Which crash was this then? Are you referring to the Alliance B737 crash? Whilst part of the Indian Airlines Group, Alliance has a different management, a different operater code and is not statistically enumerated with the parent group.
Also, emotive subject titles are misleading and unhelpful.
Indian companies may have a poor safety record but they are not the worst in the world. Whilst anyone having a choice might wish to seriously consider the odds when flying in the sub-continent, given the passenger miles flown, the infrastructure and the climate the Indian record, whilst not good, could be far worse.
Finally a point to think on:
The Alliance crash is currently listed as “survivable” as all on board were not killed.
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July 22, 2000 at 2:26 pm