Agni Air Crash In Jomsom Nepal - Whom To Blame?

Since air travel came into Nepal in 1959, Nepal has witnessed exactly 71 air crashes and incidents in which more than 600 people have lost their life. Just days ago an Agni Air Dornier 228 twin-otter aircraft plunged into the hills of Jomsom airport, killing 15 people on board instantly. This is the fifth air crash incident in Nepal in a little under 2 years - the first being the same Agni Air involving the same Dornier 228 type aircraft.

 

Nepal is a hilly and mountainous country, with absolutely no raods in the treacherous Himalalyan region. And that is where most

of the air accidents have happened. The most extreme airports of Nepal - Lukla, Simikot, Dolpa, Tumlingtar, Jomsom all lie in the Himalayn region where runways are as short as a football field and the mountains as high as the sky. Talk about the visibility in the foggy snow-capped mountainous region - it's an accident waiting to happen.

 

Almost 200 flights take off and land in those dangerous airports everyday in Nepal

In the field of commercial aviation and safety of passengers, there is little to no margin for error. What the pilot reported was "technical problems" which forced him to abort the landing and go-around the steep airport. Why did this

technical problem happen? Whom should we blame?

 

Was the pilot the cause of the accident?

Experts, on a pre-investigation talk, said that this mayu have caused due to the lack of patience in the pilot. He should have waited the plane to gain altitude and get out of the valley before turning it back to Pokhara - but he didn't and the aircraft hit its wing in the hill.

 

Why did the pilot did so?

There may be a lot of reasons:

  • May be the technical problem did not let the plane climb
  • May be he panicked
  • May be he did not go through the handbook

 

A sure thing about the air accidents in Nepal is the inability of the Government of Nepal to create effective rules and regulations, and to implement them on time. The aircrafts have become really old and the same old principles are being followed. I guess it's time to act - let there be no deaths!

 



Article Written By srk4you

Last updated on 26-07-2016 2K 0

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