: The fate of Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 is a reminder that there’s still work to be done on air safety #IndiaNEWS The Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 disaster serves as a warning for aviation safety regulators,

The fate of Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 is a reminder that there’s still work to be done on air safety #IndiaNEWS
The Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 disaster serves as a warning for aviation safety regulators, not only in Indonesia but worldwide.Four minutes after taking off from Jakarta in heavy rain on January 9, the Boeing 737-500 nosedived into the ocean, killing all 62 passengers and crew. The cause of the crash has yet to be determined.The tragedy has naturally raised questions about Indonesia’s air safety standards. Over the past decade, the nation has done much to improve them. But more still remains to be done. As commercial aviation recovers from its Covid stall, regulators will need to focus on aviation safety to ensure the progress is not reversed.Explosive growthIndonesia’s commercial civil aviation sector has experienced explosive growth in the past two decades, with the number of passengers increasing from 10 million in 2000 to 115 million in 2018. This is due to Indonesia’s population and geography. It is the world’s fourth-most populous country (after China, India, and the United States), with more than 270 million people spread over five main islands and about 6,000 smaller islands.Air travel is the obvious way to get around, and it has become more affordable due to both competition (the government opened the domestic airline industry to competition in the 1990s) and rising incomes...Read more

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