Aircraft Split in Half in Guyana

Just when passengers thought the plane had safely landed, the weirdest thing happened. Caribbean Airlines flight 523 had just touched down in Guyana coming from New York when the plane slid off to the end of the runway and passed through a chain-link fence. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, broke in half and almost fell in a deep ravine.

All 163 people on board survived. Officials from Trinidad and Tobago where the airline is based will be in Guyana today, Sunday, to investigate the crash.

Guyana's Cheddi Jagan International Airport was temporarily closed due to the crash but reopened later on Saturday.

Air India Plane Crash

This news is not good at all especially for people who work in the Aviation Industry like myself. Likewise, a news as horrifying as this will never be taken in a good light by the families of the passengers of the Boeing 737-800 Air India aircraft which went down at dawn today.

News have already flashed all over the world about the mishap which happened on a hilltop airport in Bajpe, just outside Mangalore, India. Several accounts of survivors have been taken by CNN-IBN television. Some survivors said that the landing was smooth at first but went awry and overshot the wet runway due to rains.

Air India is the national carrier of India and this will surely dent their already struggling airline.

I am offering my heartfelt prayers and condolences to the families of the victims of this air tragedy. May God shine light upon them.

What's happening in the aviation industry?

Being in the field of aviation, one thing that really shakes me hard is reading news about plane crashes. In a span of a month, another Airbus plane crashed in the Indian Ocean on its way to the small island of Comoros today. The first incident was the flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. This recent Yemenia Jet (an A310 carrier) crash was from Marseilles to Comoros en route to Yemen to change aircraft.

I am not singling out Airbus for the incident but in general. Is the aviation industry losing its grip on stern safety rules? What is happening? Who is at fault?

The airline industry is already suffering because of the global crisis we are all facing. To have another blow like this will weaken the remaining ties of the few airlines which are still standing.

I am offering my deepest sympathy to all the families of the recent crash and the ones last month. It's just heart-breaking.