Our concern as aviation professionals at the moment is for the crew, and their family, it is their bird. The passengers are responsibility of the insurance company, and the company public relations. Every-body who flies in an aircraft must take the responsibility to fly, safely, and must account for these at least mentally. Aviation companies make it their responsibility that a flight is flown safely, but according to Murphy laws, anything that can happen, will happen at some point in time, and this is one such point. Once these have been accounted for then our next concern is what happened, and if it can be avoided/minimized for other similar situations in the future. Aviation incidences are dramatic, but please let us not dramatize this, as improper dramatization affects the emotions of people, flight crew, passengers, and family, increasing the chances of such an incident happening again in the future, affecting positive public opinion of the aviation industry. Air transport is here to stay, our concern is the minimize chances of incidents not increase them.
Andrew O. Ojwang(Nairobi)
Licensed Graduate Engineer.
Aeroranger.
ATPL Wanna-be.