Comments on: Kuwait Airways engine explodes!

By: sfsa78

sfsa78 — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:32:50 +0000

Its the corruption.. I’ve said before.. Its all been decided. For the profits!!!

By: fudha

fudha — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:31:39 +0000

i was on that plane and it was crazy i wouldnt have been as scared as i was if the passengers didnt scream that there was a huge fire anyways it is a lesson for me but thank god we survived!! thanks captian for doing a great job people might think he didnt but i bet any ither captian wouldnt have landed safely in this very hard incident !!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU CAPTIAN AND CREW

By: Haitham

Haitham — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 01:03:09 +0000

As a follow up to what a few people here said about the government allowing Kuwait Airways to deteriorate so that a sheikh can come in and purchase the airline dirt cheap, here’s what needs to happen:

Somebody–others in govt, the judiciary, the citizenry—needs to grow some cajones and hold them accountable (yeah, I know it’s far fetched). Heads should roll and the investigation should follow the trail wherever it leads to the very top of this fiasco. Why are people so quiet?? Where are the MPs (or anyone/everyone else) when it really counts? They’re too busy arguing about inane, pathetic issues just to get their names in the papers.

We are talking about the most despicable act imaginable: allowing greed to endanger the lives of countless thousands of passengers!

By: Drunk'n'Gorgeous

Drunk'n'Gorgeous — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:26:06 +0000

It’s a New Year’s Eve Miracle! What’s the arabic/muslim equivalent of “Hallelujah”?

Man, if I was one of those passengers on that plane, first thing I’d do
once I set foot on the ground would be to pray (rak3itayn shukur).
Those passengers are so lucky mashAllah because honestly things could’ve ended up being much, much worse. Lucky li’l things, huh?
That said, I really love how many of the comments on Mark’s posts
stray from the topic and turn into blatant racist and/or prejudice
remarks.

Baziz dude, are you in Kuwait?

By: mother with 3 kids

mother with 3 kids — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:55:56 +0000

i was on that plane and thats the worst thing that happend in my life the passengers over reacted and thats what made the other passenger panic. anyways thank god that we survived and thanks to the captain he tried his best and we landed safely . it was the maintenence fault that they didnt check the right engine properly!

THANK GOD THAT WE SURVIVED!!!!!!! :)

By: Rayboy

Rayboy — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:02:01 +0000

CrocoRock: maybe ground all the plane and turn them into an Amusement park

By: Croco Rock

Croco Rock — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:22:35 +0000

Hideous airline. Horrible interiors, smelly cabins, horrible food.

They need to gut it, strip away the name, re-brand and re-image the whole fleet.

It’s an utter embarrassment to Kuwait.

By: Bassem Mikail

Bassem Mikail — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:28:03 +0000

so sad that one of the richest countries in the world..with a small fleet of planes, can have so many problems.. so sad to see a previously leading country in the gulf, fall back..

By: teach

teach — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:20:12 +0000

(You are lucky S you HAD a blue wing……)

Well BA aren’t much better- delayed in Kuwait for ‘technical problems’ as the engineer came on board to ‘check things’……lost luggage at destination, relative with damaged luggage at destination and then lost luggage again on return to Kuwait……..I wish someone would hurry up and develop the teleporter……beam me anywhere Scotty.

By: S

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:01:48 +0000

God I love Kuwait Airways …. always been a pleasure flying the blue wing… ;)

By: Holla

Holla — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:42:53 +0000

Fly Wataniya airways. Achieving new heights.

By: Burhan

Burhan — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:19:58 +0000

First of all, the FACTS:

1. Incident happened approx 30 minutes into flight.

2. It was not an explosion, it was a fire (difference is subtle, but important).

3. Fire was automatically extinguished by the Airbus’s on board systems.

4. The pilot chose to turn around and land at Cairo.

Now, who is to blame for the incident; take your pick — it could be any of the following:

1. Kuwait Airways Engineering – for not inspecting the plane correctly.

2. Cairo Ground Engineering – for not inspecting the plane correctly.

3. Airbus