Following the tragic accident in Thailand where a low cost carrier crashed and killed 100 many of whom were foreigners I want to ask people here if they have had any bad experiences with the budget airlines. For me personally only one time on an Air-Asia flight from KL to Clark where the plane was tilting alot from side to side during landing and barely made it on one wheel. Most people on the plane were pretty scared. Ater that episode and due to the endless delays and poor customer service I now much prefer an established airline if I can get that.
So you had any safety episodes while flying budget carriers?
mortenhs
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leng77
Why not wait for the proper authorities to make the pronouncement as to what caused the accident rather than making unfair conclusions like this?
Accidents happen whether you paid cheap or not.
So sorry for those who lost love ones in this tragedy.
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rhi8
condolences to the phuket tragedy.
mortenHS, u scare me a bit, as i'm planning to fly of the same route this nov.
as for leng77, i agree with u.
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the_lurker
apparently the plane skidded off the runway in wet conditions
that could happen to any plane
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the_lurker
although I have found this
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<hr>One-Two-Go, which is a low-cost subsidiary of Orient Thai Airlines, does not have its safety standards examined because it operates only in Thailand.<hr></blockquote>
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peregrine
Phuket airport is tricky enough in clear & calm conditions due to a big hump in the middle of the runway. Add inclement weather with a possible microburst resulting in a tailwind during a missed (low visibility) approach and you have the ingredients for a disaster. The go-around should have been initiated much earlier, probably the landing should not have been attempted at all. Plenty of alternates available in that region.
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nic66
#3 i agree. there was a movie on ntv about how it appearently happened, it skidded off the runway into some trees, catched fire and bursted. so far, it was said on ntv that this scenario would be possible to happen to any aircraft.
for Airasia, i had never any uncomfortable feeling at all..other than with indonesian airlines, some give you a better feeling than others..but as a matter of fact none operates under international safety standards. i personally think flying is still the safest option- there are terrible bus/train/ferry-desasters which just don`t make their way up to the news very often..
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callippo
in late 2004 an Air Asia flight skidded on landing on the runway at KK in wet conditions. No-one was seriously injured, but the airport was closed for a few hours and it made the front page of the Borneo Post.
on about 30 budget airline flights in SEAsia, I've never had any safety concerns/scary moments as posted by the OP.
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