Air Niugini 737 overun at Guam

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Retired too early said...

Including the very recent DHC8 BBQ at Mendi, PX has now lost FIVE (5) hulls in less than a decade - pilot error in them all with the 737 yet to be decided maybe -and dare I say it but after 25 years with PX, I can assure you all that the C & T is a major concern to everybody in the pilot corp!

I questioned that:

Care to elaborate? ASN showing only 2 – PXY at Madang, and PXE at Chuuk. Airfleets.net showing one (PXY), but that’s not been updated to include PXE.Not too sure if the BBQ at Mendi can be attributed to PX either, because the aircraft was on the ground shut down at the time of the event, and from what I heard, the BBQ was beyond the control of PX. So I don’t really think that one counts. I’d really like to know about the other 3 in the last ten years though.

C19 then bought into the thread:

Actually it should. PX had received reports of Civil Unrest at Mendi airport and actually cancelled the earlier flight for those reasons. A shift change later and someones decision to send the flight in question should be a case for negligence

My response:

C-19, the original statement which resulted in my query was:

Quote:Including the very recent DHC8 BBQ at Mendi, PX has now lost FIVE (5) hulls in less than a decade - pilot error in them all with the 737 yet to be decided maybe

My bolding.

I also said: You obviously know more than I do about Air Niugini, but I can't see how the Mendi hull loss event involved pilot error. Certainly it raises questions about Air Niugini's Security system and why it appears to have failed to meet the requirements of PNG CAR Part 108.53 (a), but to pin the event on the pilot seems a bit far-fetched.

C19 - you need to substantiate your assertions. And Retired too Early too.....otherwise understand that your post(s) are going to be challenged?

Retired too Early STILL waiting on your evidence that

PX has now lost FIVE (5) hulls in less than a decade - pilot error in them all