As usual, I was going to Jakarta and just returned to Singapore.
The unusual was I had taken Garuda Indonesia. It was because the SQ flight so full from Sunday to Tuesday for any flights with any class code. And I was also in waiting list of Garuda in the beginning...
First time taken Garuda Indonesia, which is the national airline of Indonesia. When I needed to confirm the ticket, I was feeling a bit un-safe but then anyway. Flight was confirmed.
In the weekend before travel, I met a friend, He told me that Garuda' last accident was 2007. So he wished me a safe trip....
Actually it was not that bad when I was flying from SG to JKT. And it was just a bit bumpy when returning from JKT to SQ.
Tonight (Last nigjt), I was looking for the safety record about Garuda Indonesia. The result was actually interesting...
http://www.airdisaster.com/cgi-bin/airline_detail.cgi?airline=Garuda+Indonesia
What a long list! The last accident was actually 3-July-2007. The link above only indicated 1 crew was killed. But then when I checked with google and wiki. I found this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garuda_Indonesia#Incidents_and_accidents
Garuda Indonesia Flight 200, a Boeing 737-400 flying from Jakarta, crashed and burst into flames on landing at Adisucipto International Airport, Yogyakarta at 0700 hours on 7 March 2007. 21 people were killed.
Luckily, I was able to return to Singapore, in one piece.
The above was actually no suprise.
To be continued...
By the way, there was a bomb attack in Jakarta this morning...
The unusual was I had taken Garuda Indonesia. It was because the SQ flight so full from Sunday to Tuesday for any flights with any class code. And I was also in waiting list of Garuda in the beginning...
First time taken Garuda Indonesia, which is the national airline of Indonesia. When I needed to confirm the ticket, I was feeling a bit un-safe but then anyway. Flight was confirmed.
In the weekend before travel, I met a friend, He told me that Garuda' last accident was 2007. So he wished me a safe trip....
Actually it was not that bad when I was flying from SG to JKT. And it was just a bit bumpy when returning from JKT to SQ.
Tonight (Last nigjt), I was looking for the safety record about Garuda Indonesia. The result was actually interesting...
http://www.airdisaster.com/cgi-bin/airline_detail.cgi?airline=Garuda+Indonesia
What a long list! The last accident was actually 3-July-2007. The link above only indicated 1 crew was killed. But then when I checked with google and wiki. I found this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garuda_Indonesia#Incidents_and_accidents
Garuda Indonesia Flight 200, a Boeing 737-400 flying from Jakarta, crashed and burst into flames on landing at Adisucipto International Airport, Yogyakarta at 0700 hours on 7 March 2007. 21 people were killed.
Luckily, I was able to return to Singapore, in one piece.
The above was actually no suprise.
To be continued...
By the way, there was a bomb attack in Jakarta this morning...
2 comments:
Hi, I came across your blog as I was googling for travellers comments on Garuda Airlines. I'm a journalist writing an article on the airline's new development strategy and am hoping to speak to travellers about their perception of the airline. Would I be able to get in touch with you via e-mail? My apologies for the brief explanation here, but I'd be happy to explain more in an email. I can be reached at lynnleecl@gmail.com, thanks
Yes, you can reach me via matchz@gmail.com.
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