"To" make a difference
In a crash tragedy that happened roughly 20 years ago, a DHL carrier struck a hill near a well-known place in Klang valley. Here's what happened:
A) Being a flyer from Singapore, the pilot was not familiar and well-informed of local landing structure and airways, thus, landing would very much depend on air traffic control from the ground. Our air traffic control personnel, who was allegedly less fluent in English, instructed the pilot to "descend 5000 feet" instead of "descend to 5000 feet".
B) Imagine an airplane flying at 6000 feet above sea level. If that plane descends to just about a thousand feet above sea level, it would probably slam the ground if there was a hill underneath!!
Think about it. The only difference between a tragic crash (dead pilot, loss of a million or two) and a safe landing is just a two-letter word: TO.
A) Being a flyer from Singapore, the pilot was not familiar and well-informed of local landing structure and airways, thus, landing would very much depend on air traffic control from the ground. Our air traffic control personnel, who was allegedly less fluent in English, instructed the pilot to "descend 5000 feet" instead of "descend to 5000 feet".
B) Imagine an airplane flying at 6000 feet above sea level. If that plane descends to just about a thousand feet above sea level, it would probably slam the ground if there was a hill underneath!!
Think about it. The only difference between a tragic crash (dead pilot, loss of a million or two) and a safe landing is just a two-letter word: TO.
posted by Zidni at 8:10 PM
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