Taiwan air disaster

Findings conducted by investigators into the crash of a Taiwanese twin-engine airplane show that one of the plane’s two engines had flamed out shortly after take-off. Warning signals blared in the cockpit and then the second engine was shut down manually by the crew for unknown reasons. The suddenly powerless plane crashed into a river.
In all air crashes, mostly crew-related issues dominate the factors that cause accidents. They account for as much as 75 percent of the total fault. The Taiwan accident has a lot of lessons for pilots of our airlines too. Our airlines should pay maximum attention towards training of their pilots. Maximum use should be made of simulators. They afford pilots a range of learning scenarios without risking the lives or property and without burning fuel. One thing would really impress everybody and that is: just after a week of the accident the airline has offered to pay compensation to the families of the victims. One wonders whether issues regarding compensation to the families of the victims of the two air accidents that occurred in our country have been resolved.
Air-Cdre (r) Azfar A Khan
Rawalpindi