Originally Posted by
BRUpax
When booking a flight to or from an airport with no ARFF is this fact stated?
This thread has indeed drifted a lot from the original event and region. Rest assured, in most parts of the world there are no such airports, and regulations would not permit any to operate, so it is rather unlikely that you would ever be faced with this choice. (Oz apparently being an exception of which I was not aware...)
However the incident happened on a flight linking three provinces of Somalia, two of which have self-proclaimed independence, and have not quite yet decided if they are at war or peace with each other. On average, an aeroplane gets bent somewhere in the region every other month. On average, one bus gets bent on the roads every night. And then we have not even mentioned 'technical' difficulties (for people unfamiliar with the term, look here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_(vehicle)) and the lions behind the bush selected for the toilet... Yes, the people taking the aeroplane are well aware of the choices they face, and lack of ARFF is the least of the concerns
