Air crash in Taiping

Air disasters are supposed to be rare, due to the stringent precautions taken before flights. Still, in recent times, they seem to occur quite frequently and mysteriously in a row. Take the case of the months of June and July of this year. Within those 2 months there was a spate of 4 air disasters! Read on.

From: www.wikipedia.com

On June 1, 2009, Air France Flight 447 crashed when flying through a severe storm over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil. All 228 passengers and crew were killed.

On June 30, 2009, Yemenia Flight 626 crashed in the sea while attempting to land in Moroni, Comoros. There was one survivor among the 153 people aboard.

On July 15th, 2009, Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 crashed near the village of Jannatabad after its tail caught on fire. All 153 passengers and 15 crew on board have been reported as dead.

From: www.beirut-online.net

On July 24,2009, An Iranian passenger plane, Ilyushin Il-62 jet was flying from Tehran to mashad, crashed after requesting an emergency landing, killing at least 16 and injuring no less than 21.

Are these just accidents or someone or something is trying to tell us something? We can only wait!

I was encouraged to muse a little on the disasters because an air crash just occurred in my home town of Taiping, recently, on Sunday, August 16, 2009. A newly-assembled Jetpod plane also known as ‘flying taxi’ belonging to the British-based Avcen Ltd crashed at the Tekah airstrip in Taiping while trying to take off, killing its inventor, Briton, Michael Robert Dacre. It was a test flight and he was piloting the plane himself.

Dacre, 53, was also the managing director of Avcen Ltd Malaysia which is based at Patimas Technology Centre in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur. He had wanted the eight-seater 'flying taxi' ready by 2010. The Jetpods are able to take off and land within short distances.

Picture on the left shows the actual Jetpod planes. On top is the plane that crashed. ( from: The Star Online-18-8-09)