An Adam Air plane sits at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, East Java after a hard landing on Wednesday. All 148 passengers were reportedly safe. The airport was temporarily shut after the stricken Boeing 737-300 arriving from Jakarta landed and stopped suddenly in the middle of the runway, and its rear section appeared to snap off just behind the wing.
Apparently this was caused partly by bad weather, something called a 'downdraft', and what the pilot described as 'landing harder than usual'. Yeah, that seems to describe what went on here.
The only injury, miraculously, was a woman struck by falling luggage.
Hi Dom,
I have a general question to ask your opinion concerning World Bank Group esp. with its IFC (International Finance Corp.) and GBI (Grassroots Business Initiative). Can World Bank be trusted for all its publicity, for its grassroot works, for its ethical practices etc.? I'd love to hear from you about this...since you're working for World Bank now. Maybe you could even write a separate post for this question :-) Please you can email me directly also at mymasita@hotmail.com. Thank you very much, Dom...it's important for me to know your views on this because I have started contact with one of IFC programs for example. I'll get back here to check your response...
Posted by: Maya | February 23, 2007 at 22:34