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Old 12th Dec 2005, 18:12
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Tokunbo
 
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Isn't it a sad indictment of the state of the aviation industry in Africa in general that an awful crash which takes the lives of more than 100 people, so many of them children, has so far attracted only 14 replies and 4760 viewings on this thread, whilst an incident of South Western over-running a runway, with no loss of life, and Air Canada making an emergency landing, also with no loss of life, attracted 165 replies and 34038 viewings and 22 replies with 7332 viewings respectively?
The BBC and Sky were dominated for almost the whole day by a fuel depot fire in which nobody had died.
Maybe everyone is just suffering from African disaster fatigue?
It's still so very sad that the deaths of so many children attracts so little interest.

May all the departed Rest in Peace and my sincere condolences to all the grieving families.
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