In order to bring to the fore all the facts, a thorough probe is needed when it comes to any air crash
MUMBAI: The air crash involving Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight PK-661 with no survivors is unfortunate. Sometime ago, around 158 passengers were killed when an Air India Express plane from Dubai crashed into a wooded valley after overshooting the tabletop runway at the Mangalore Airport in India. The most unfortunate fact is that many passengers hailing from North Kerala, India were returning home for weddings in their families.
Such tragedies have raised serious questions that need to be answered. Recently, it seems air travel has become more vulnerable than road travel. Hence, it has become important that all precautionary measures are taken to ensure the safety of all those aboard the aircraft. In order to bring to the fore all the facts, a thorough probe is needed when it comes to any air crash. Instead of creating unnecessary panic and fear about tabletop airports like the one in Mangalore, India, it is mandatory to ensure safety measures at such airports the world over are followed.
P Senthil Saravana Durai
Published in The Express Tribune, December 20th, 2016.
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