Pilot Trainee Crash
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 @ 9:24 PM.
This excerpt is from Berita Harian
Kapal terbang milik HM Aerospace disyaki terhempas
KUALA TERENGGANU: Sebuah pesawat jenis Diamond 40 Maha 443 dengan dua tempat duduk dari Pusat Latihan Penerbangan HM Aerospace Sdn Bhd (HMA) Langkawi, dipercayai terhempas di kawasan hutan di Bukit Bidong, selepas hilang daripada radar jam 5 petang semalam.
Jia is studying in HMA. The two trainee pilots were his seniors - one dead and one badly injured...Even Jia doesn't know the details or the cause because they were only aware of the news around 7 am this morning...
When he told me, all I could think of was "OMG, OMG."
I was shocked. They were only TRAINEES. All they wanted were to fly in the sky. They were only on routine practical training. Then suddenly, their hopes, dreams, joy were just snuffed out.
How would you feel?
This piloting business is really risky. Jia, please take care of youself, okay? No crashing planes in deep dense jungles. You're going to be my private jet pilot, remember?
You have already crashed with a motorcycle before. That's enough experience for a lifetime.