Very odd indeed

Very odd indeed

I am referring to your article "This ODD world" in your paper
of Sept. 14 about a Wings Air flight that landed on the wrong
airport in Padang, West Sumatra.

Generally "This ODD world" reports about innocent and
entertaining "man-bites-dog"-like incidents all over the world.
Well, it is very entertaining indeed to read that this aircraft
made a most perfect landing on exactly the wrong airport, and
just on schedule at that.

You did not forget to remind us of the recent air disaster in
neighboring Medan that killed 150 people. After this you light-
heartedly quote the Minangkabau Airport spokesman saying that the
accident happened because a passenger's mobile phone apparently
disrupted the aircraft's navigational system when it was ready to
land.

Very entertaining indeed to learn that a mobile phone could
cause such an eerily precise disruption to land an aircraft, just
on schedule, on an airport that was closed two months ago. Drop
the pilot!

Do we really need more of this tongue-in-cheek-and-nothing-is-
wrong rubbish when people's lives are at stake?

FRANS HUNEKER, Ubud, Bali