Originally Posted by
Eric Janson
Perhaps some of you should take a more detailed look at Lion's safety record. The number of runway excursions is shocking.
They've even had 2 over-runs at the same airport in less than 24 hours. There's also the Bali crash where they flew into the sea - that makes for interesting reading.
The stories from people who've worked there show there is zero safety culture - which is true of Indonesia in general. Just look at their record with ferries.
One of the owners is a Politician with a lot of influence - that means he is above the Law in that part of the world.
The JT610 report will be an interesting read as well.
yes well - lots of small airports, lots of bad weather and these days lots and lost of flights - there IS a Safety Culture but TBH it's more like the USA or Europe 40 years ago. Better than it was and improving I think.
I can remember Nigerian A/W putting three F-27's off the end of the runway at Enugu in 4 days - similar reasons
One of the prices you pay if you fly in that part of the world - and the roads and ferries are much much worse