After Thought

The Comair Flight 5191 crash in 2006 and the Indian Airlines accident in 1978 both stand out to me as stark reminders of how unpredictable and devastating these events can be, and how varied the outcomes for those involved can turn out. The Comair Flight 5191 Accident (August 27, 2006) I remember reading about the Comair Flight 5191 crash. It was such a tragedy. That Bombardier CRJ-100 was supposed to go from Lexington, Kentucky, to Atlanta, Georgia, but the crew made a critical mistake. They tried to take off from Runway 26, which was much too short and unlit, instead of their assigned Runway 22. Because the runway wasn't long enough, the plane just ran off the end, crashed, and caught fire. Out of the 50 people on board – 47 passengers and 3 crew members – 49 of them died. The only person who survived was the first officer, and he was critically injured. The investigation later confirmed it was mainly pilot error, specifically their failure to use the resources they had to confir...

Abirami,the 10 year old recipient of a heart from a 15 year old brain dead road accident victim Mr. A.P.Hitendran son of a doctor couple Asokan and Pushpanjali of Chennai died at a private nursing home yesterday due to Arrythmia or abnormal electrical activity in the heart.Hitendran was injured in a road accident last year and he was admitted in Apollo Speciality Hospital, where he was declared brain dead.His Doctor parents opened a pandora's box by deciding to donate his organs.His corneas were sent toSankara Nehtralaya, an eye hospital and the heart was sent to Frontier Line Hospital with the help of the police,who brought the heart to the hospital with in 11 minutes and Abirami was saved with the heart transplant to the delight of her parents. The action of the doctor couples in donating their brain dead son's organs prompted many such donations from the parents of many brain dead victims during the last one year.Though Abirami lived for a year with the donar heart ,her pare...