The last incident of 2011?

UX1900 / EC-JHL on the mud in CDG
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On 31 December 2011, Air Europa Flight UX1900 flown by EC-JHL (737-85P) landed normally at Paris CDG, and then, somehow, ended up on the mud outside the runway.

Two questions popped in my mind:

• Was this the last accident/incident in 2011?
• Was 2011 the year of 737-slipping (operationally and commercially) ?

5 years since Adam Air 574...

Rest in peace to those on board KI574... a tragedy that was so mysterious, so baffling, everyone thought it was either an extremely rare technical defect, or something supernatural.

Unfortunately, the truth was somewhat very basic... human error, and a type of human error whose extent of damage and destruction has never before seen in the industry caused by pure and simple greed.

Aircrash Investigations S7E7

"The Plane that Vanished"

So, five years on, have we, the public, received what we deserve? Have we got "a safe and reliable means of air transportation?" Things have improved, but there is still a long way to go.


See my involvement in the episode. May we learn from those mistakes!


Edited 7May2012 - Revised Video Link.

Indonesia still on the latest EU Ban - No change in exempted carriers

The new list of airlines banned from EU member countries airspace was released on 21 November 2011 and reveal no change to the exemption list for Indonesian carriers:

Regular Carriers: Garuda Indonesia, Mandala Airlines, Indonesia Air Asia, Metro Batavia

Non-Regular Carriers: Airfast Indonesia, Express Transportasi Antarbenua

The number of fatal accidents appear to be rising again this year. Is there a decline or is it just bad luck?

Turnaround and look to the future - Garuda Indonesia

Enough gloating about getting the 4-star Skytrax ranking! I wait until 2014, let's hope Garuda gets the 5-star then. So what's happening between now and then? It's good to finally see a presentation that answers most of everyone's question on how is this quantum leap going to be done from tomorrow... with this video appearing on YouTube:

Nice to finally see (albeit very briefly) the First Class concept for their future 777-300ERs, and their fleet strategies... And oh, 2013 for the 777-300ER introduction? Finally Garuda can get a proper long-haul service again!


The new Medan hub plans is now out in the open. This could make the Europe - South East  Asian market very interesting should they use Medan as a Europeean route scissor-hub... that is, if the new airport can be completed!


It looks like Garuda is still proud of their "Audio & Video On Demand in every class", I guess that's because no domestic competition has that!

Indonesian version of GerryAirways launched

Since a lot of my writings are relevant to Indonesia, I think it is no surprise that I am launching the Indonesian version of the blog.


GerryAirlines is the Indonesian version of the blog and can be accessed at http://gerryairlines.blogspot.com


I hope this will make it easier for my Indonesian readers to follow my writings. Unfortunately, the subdomain of Gerrypedia is not available, probably much to the disappointment of my readers from Indoflyer.net, but what to do? The show must go on. Enjoy!