On November 17, a Tatarstan Airlines plane crashed at Kazan airport. It took a nose-dive and everyone on the plane died. The plane did not have any tech problems, but it seems the pilot might have. "On Friday, Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin said that investigators were still examining Salikhov's qualifications." It seems that he got a commercial licence from a flight center(now shut down). "Mr Markin told Russia's Interfax news agency there was reason to believe "many pilots, working for smaller Russian airlines" had "effectively received fake commercial licences" as they had not undergone proper training." SOURCE: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25271235
This is ridiculos. It is so unsafe for so many pilots to have commercial licences. Whats even worse is that it happened without anyone noticing. And because of this, about 50 people died. That would be like a whole freshman art cluster! So many dead, so many futures lost like that. All because they thought he had a real licence.
This can be very scary if you think about it. Imagine if all the people we trust our lives with, like doctors (especially surgeons), bus drivers, pilots (like in the article) weren't extremely qualified. Sometimes we even take it for granted that we will be safe. No matter where they are, people should make sure that these people get proper training, because we do put our lives in their hands, and they must be able to perform their duties reliably.
ReplyDeleteThis is so awful if he had taken the time to get a real license this would not have happened
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