Indonesia's Woeful Air Safety Record
The Russian Sukhoi Superjet-100 that smashed into a jagged cliff near Indonesia’s Mount Salak Wednesday, killing all 45 people aboard, is the latest in a long line of air crashes in what has been called one of the world’s worst air safety systems.
The first commercial crash occurred in 1950 when a Garuda Indonesia Airlines C47 crashed on landing at Surab…
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