This month has been the most terrible month in aviation history after 4 major crashes, compared to the whole last 3 years. The previous worse crash was Air China's Boeing 747 which crashed into the sea off Taiwan, killing all 206 people on board on May 2002.
Aug 3 : Air France
Skidded off runway track.
All 309 people on board survived.
Aug 7 : Tuninter ATR
Engine failure.
13 killed, 23 survived, 2 still missing.
Aug 14 : Helios Airways
Unknown cause.
All 121 people on board killed.
Aug 17 : West Caribbean Airways
Engine failure.
All 160 people on board killed.
UPDATE
Aug 24 : TANS Airline
Engine failure.
40 people on board were killed, 58 survived.
Source - AirDisaster.com (Solution for safer skies)
May those killed, rest in peace.
Ghimteik @ pray for the perished ones
Monday, August 22, 2005
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