The Mangalore airport is a picture of serene beauty sorrounded by enchanting greenery. As serene as it might be it is considered as one of the dangerous airports specially because of the short hill top runway. To cover this anamoly a second runway was also built. There has never been any kind of incident till now. It was a picture perfect until now. But it may not remain any more specially after 22nd may.
"I am lucky to see this day". This was the statement made by one of the lone survivors. As heart breaking as it might be, the mangalore plane tragedy leaves behind many heart wrenching tales that would take sometime to forget. If some people preponed their journies, others postponed theirs to meet the same tragic end as this doomed flight on this fateful day. It was even more difficult to digest the fact that this flight lost it's control after landing on this newly laid hill top 2.45 km runway just inaugurated 10 days back. My heart wept as I heard some of the mournful tales. If somebody was widowed, then others lost their sons and daughters. A person lost 26 family members all travelling on the same flight. A family had to wither a double tragedy where in a son lost his life coming to attend his mother's funeral. A 3 year old girl with innocence in her eyes did'nt even know that she had lost both her parents as she came to attend the funeral service wth a flower in her hands to keep them on their coffins. And the list goes on....Only few were lucky survivors. If some missed the flights, some jumped out of the crack formed in the last few minutes before the flight met its end with a blast. Now it is difficult to debate as to whose mistake it might have been. The black box has been found. But what difference does it make now. It certainly can't bring back all those lives lost. As I am an idealist I never want such incidents to happen ever to any person. I always ask this question " Is there a way to avoid any kind of an accident at all?". I guess it is hard to answer such questions.
The people who have survived to leave another day might talk about it as some kind of a scary legandary tale in future. But this day might remain as an incorrigible scar etched with fear for all those people who have lost their loved ones and for some who are still fighting to get the correct charred bodies of their near and dear after DNA sampling.
The people who have survived to leave another day might talk about it as some kind of a scary legandary tale in future. But this day might remain as an incorrigible scar etched with fear for all those people who have lost their loved ones and for some who are still fighting to get the correct charred bodies of their near and dear after DNA sampling.
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