Plane Crash in Kyrgyzstan
According to MSN news, 65 people died today when a plane crashed near the Manas Airport in Kyrgyzstan. It was very scary to hear about this news since there was already rumors about the safety of different airlines that come in and out of K-Stan. Stories heard from fellow students in Bishkek about the creepy plane they rode back from Osh, or when others coined it “Tragic Air” instead of “Tajik Air”, definitely leave a feeling of anxiety in the pit of my stomach. At least you’ll be happy to know I’m flying back to Kazakhstan on KLM, which is a pretty reputable European based airline.
You can read more about the tragedy at this link.
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August 25th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
I have heard a few mentions of this in the American media yesterday (CNN and a blurb in the paper). I flew Uzbek Air twice and it seemed okay. The Bishkek airport was like a US Airforce base though. I also flew Tajik Air which was the smoothest flight I’ve ever had (Dushanbe to Khorog) but it was also scary weaving through the mountaintops with no computer instruments.