Recently Air France flight AFR447 met with most unfortunate accident.Over the Atlantic it
faced severe turbulence and thunderstorm.This occurrence compelled us to look back to all those unfortunate air crashes over the years.What I feel strange that a servey carried suggests that
air travel is still the 2nd safest mode of transport! Guess what is the safest mode of transport...........its travel by ESCALATOR.
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Saturday, June 13, 2009
Colonial hangover on civil aviation in india
We all know that each and every aircraft has a unique registration marking on it.That marking consists of five letters or numerals.Seeing the registration marking we come to know in which country that aircraft is registered.Aircrafts registration making in england starts with "G",in USA it starts with "N", and in India it starts with "VT".You know why?Because this nomenclature was decided before independence.It was decided by apex body in world civil aviation ICAO.At that time India was a british colony.So that "VT " meant viceroy's territory.
Its amazing that after 60 years of independence Indian state has not taken any initiative to change it.
Its amazing that after 60 years of independence Indian state has not taken any initiative to change it.
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