Less than two weeks ago, there came the awful news that Lion Air Indonesia flight JT610 from Jakarta to Pangkal Pinang crashed with 189 people aboard. Unfortunately all those who were on board are presumed deceased, and the search continues for the remains of the wreckage. Lion Air has now suffered another unfortunate situation. Flight…
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Yesterday evening I was sitting at the Admirals lounge by C19 at DFW looking for flights between Bangkok and Tokyo for next summer. The cheapest option was Thai Lion Air, I wasn't looking to fly on a low-cost carrier regardless, but the first thing I could think of was "hell no".
I’m sure the aircraft did not “abort “ take off. Most likely taxied right back to the terminal. An abort is where an takeoff is attempted and stoppes
Lucky please don’t include Lion on your list of exotic airlines to review. We love you and want to see you safe!
This is just bad taste, and most importantly C L I C K B A I T... the one thing I read OMAAT to avoid.
Every time a serious accident happens to an airline, low-quality media keep getting excited with every single occurence onboard the airline for the next two weeks. It is especially crazy in Australia. Pure absurd.
High safety standards require reporting all broken lights, switches and many *minor* things which makes flying so safe.
Here in Thailand Lion air is my least favorite carrier, but after all we are talking about Indonesia Lion. I always prefer Batik Air for Flights within Indonesia.
@Philip - you do realize that Batik Air is a subsidiary of Lion Air? It’s the same company with a pretty pattern on the tail.
@ James,
I have been reading your last posts and let me tell you, please dedicate to do a different thing!
You start here saying "presumed deceased" when everybody knows that all those innocents are dead. And do you think that anybody in the world can still think that anybody could still be alive after 2 weeks?
If you say "presumed" implies that anybody can still think there may be a survivor, from such devastating accident, when the plane and everything inside simply pulverized!
Then, you do not "abort a take off" when you are in the taxiway! Please!
You may love planes and flying like I do, but I do not make those mistakes (and I do not write in any blog).
Then, it has nothing to do the fatal accident with the unlucky event of hitting that pole. Why did it happen? Don't know, but they are completely different things.
And at the end, I know that Lion Air has not the best reputation in the world; I live in Indonesia so I know it very well. And to be honest, I have never flied with them, and simply because I love Garuda Indonesia!
But blaming everything to them without knowing exactly what happened (and I am referring to JT610), is pure s..t.
Talk about something when you really know the real facts (sorry for the redundancy)!
And BTW, earlier read one post you made about travelling by bus in Africa. WTF has to do with miles and points thing?
I used to like what you wrote at the beginning, but now, it is really upsetting!
Thanks for taking the time to read this and I hope, you say something about it
"This is just bad taste, and most importantly C L I C K B A I T… the one thing I read OMAAT to avoid."
Err, you are definitely in the wrong place. They don't have a single technical blogger on staff, what do you expect out of travel agents like James - a detailed analysis of regional flight ops? A crash investigation?
It's a bunch of Queens who use credit card referrals to look down at other people whilst drinking Champagne and watching Two Broke Girls in their tracksuits.
The whole thing is an opinion piece from the Real Housewives of Points and Miles.
You wouldn't believe how little space there are between aircrafts and obstacles in some airports specially in Asia. However is the PIC responsibility always to make sure a safe clearance. If in doubt, you stop.
I'm flying Thai LionAir this morning. I use them every two weeks or so on domestic routes in Thailand. They're a separately run airline here, operating under good Thai standards. One of my British mates is a pilot with them too. Only ever had good experiences with them in Thailand.