Like us on Facebook to see similar stories, COVID made child care deserts even worse in 2021, leaving working parents to scramble, Apple rejected 1 million apps from App Store in 2020. The men said they didn't see a plane crash into the sea, but smelled fuel and spotted debris. In 2014, Indonesian AirAsia Flight 8501 claimed the lives of all 162 people on board after crashing into the Java Sea, while flying from Surabaya to Singapore. This weekend's crash is the latest to rock Indonesia's burgeoning airline industry. The country of 270 million people rely heavily on air transport to commute between islands across the archipelago, which stretches over more than 3,000 miles, around the same distance between London and New York. Older 737 models are widely flown and do … I thought it was a bomb or a big thunder. Pakistan's aviation minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan speaks during a press conference in Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, June 24, 2020. Five body bags containing victims of the crash located by the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) have so far been handed over to the disaster victim investigation unit in Jakarta for identification, according to mission coordinator Rasman MS. Boeing, the company that manufactures the planes, announced changes to its control systems, which were linked to both the recent Ethiopian crash and another deadly crash … A preliminary report puts the blame squarely on human error, with the pilots being most at fault. In 2007, the European Union banned all 51 Indonesian airlines from its airspace after a Garuda Indonesia plane with 140 people on board overshot the runway in Yogyakarta in March and burst into flames, killing 21 people on board. Microsoft and partners may be compensated if you purchase something through recommended links in this article. On Saturday, Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) said it had found several pieces of debris believed to be from the missing plane but bad weather and poor visibility had hampered the search overnight. THE AVIATION HERALD. Iran plane crash apparently the consequence of stoked hostilities Jan. 10, 2020 03:15 But what if it was an accident, or a mistake, as President Donald … E-mails with questions, comments or corrections are welcome. Type of Flight : Fatalities per million flight hours: Airliner (Scheduled and nonscheduled Part 121) 0.00597: Commuter Airline (Scheduled Part 135) Video shows Indonesian Navy divers pointing out … Celebratory Flight Ends in Tragedy as Plane Crashes in Pakistan, Killing Scores. It’s so tragic that nearly 100 people lost their lives in a PIA plane crash last month, which is the deadliest crash in the country in almost a decade. document.write("