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Indonesia tries to shed its image as one of the world's worst places to fly
Published Tue, Dec 8, 2015 · 09:50 PM
Jakarta
A FAULTY component, a poor maintenance regime, bad weather, a critical mistake, a communication failure, 162 people dead.
The loss of AirAsia Flight 8501 on a stormy December morning a year ago, from an airline that previously had an excellent safety record, came as a shock, even in a country with one of the world's worst aviation records.
This was a relatively new plane, captained by a pilot …
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