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Indonesia's chequered air safety record is again in the spotlight after a Sriwijaya Air jet carrying 62 people crashed into the Java Sea minutes after take-off.
Indonesia's chequered air safety record is again in the spotlight after a Sriwijaya Air jet carrying 62 people crashed into the Java Sea minutes after takeoff on Saturday, marking the country's third major airline crash in just over six years.
Aviation experts have raised concerns about 'rusty' pilots and planes being reactivated after storage during the coronavirus pandemic. Travel restrictions caused a huge decrease in flying this year in an effort to stop the spread of Covid-19 across borders. Pilots returning to work and insect nests have been raised as potential problems for airlines as they restart business. There has been a spike in reported maintenance problems as planes are brought out of storage on a scale not seen in the industry before. Aviation experts have raised concerns about 'rusty' pilots and planes being reacti...
Covid-19: Safety concerns over planes returning to service Published image captionPlanes in storage at Alice Springs Experts are warning airlines to take extra care when reactivating planes left in storage during the pandemic. Pilot rustiness, maintenance errors and even insect nests could be potential dangers for aircraft re-entering service. Travel restrictions have caused a huge decline in flying, with many planes put in extended storage. As a result, there has been a spike in the number of reported problems as planes return to service. “Every aircraft is going to have a specific s...
If at all? >> not sure how much they can do. it has been again so long since the crash. and i imagine modeling ocean currents could be extremely difficult. we have seen certain graphics publications to show this is not inconsistent with the crash off the coast of -- western australia. so -- while this does dismiss some of the more bizarre conspiracy theories i don't think it gets us that much closer to actually locating the keys to the investigation which are the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder which are absolutely essential for the understanding of the disaster. >> all rig...