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Like to play Russian roulette? Travel out of Mumbai airport.

August 24, 2009 posted by indiatime |

Mumbai-Delhi air corridor was recently said to be one of the top 6 busiest in the world. India’s airports, especially Delhi’s IGI, has also shown the highest year-to-year percentage growth (28%) in the number of travelers. And with tragedies such as the newly constructed roof falling down at the capital’s IGI, it is painfully obvious that India’s air travel infrastructure, is crumbling fast.

The good news is that so far, India has been extremely lucky. That may not always be the case, however. Just yesterday, a major mishap almost did happen at the Mumbai airport, when two planes were given clearance to take off simultaneously from the same runway. Just a few weeks ago, two other planes had a similar incident when they both were cleared for simultaneous take-offs from the same runway. Although the mistakes can be attributed an overworked air control tower, there is much more to these incidents than just that.

The scenario of two passenger jets colliding in mid-air can almost certainly kill every passenger in those planes, resulting in hundreds of casualties and fatalities. A repeat of such an incident in a matter of a few weeks is a sign that no countermeasures have been put in place after the first incident. It’s possible that it may take some deaths and a few air tragedies to wake up the lazy bums in the civil aviation ministries.

Were this to happen at some rural airport, it would still be a cause for concern. But this happening at the nation’s busiest airports tells us that things have gotten completely out of control with the air travel. To this mix, add just one more tiny complication - birds taking off simultaneously from the same runway.

Folks, if you do travel this corridor, please make sure your financial paperwork such as your will, last wishes, etc are in order. Once you’re on the plane, please make sure your seat belt is on. If you are in the window seat, please keep looking outside the whole time during the take off and watch out for another plane flying or taking off from your runway. And if you’re in the emergency seat, please be ready to bail everyone out. Just know that you’re completely on your own when you travel the Mumbai-Delhi corridor, and that you cannot rely on and hope that the government has systems in place to protect you from danger. Lastly, remember your God or your deity, whichever is dearer to you. If you’re an atheist, you’re out of luck, but you can still hurl some lasting and uncivil cusswords at the civil aviation ministry.


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