THE AIR CRASH!!

The world's most painful and greatest aircrash in India, New Delhi. The Saudi Arabian Airlines and the Kazastan Airlines had a head-on-head, midair collision at approx. 14000 feet from ground. November 12th 1996, the black day for 349 families, took place due to chained events that could have been prevented if the pilots would have been more careful. This tragic incident was mainly the result of the Kazastan pilot flying at an alltitude lower than that assigned. The Kazastan Airlines was arriving when the Saudi Airlines was departing. Secondly the civillian corridor assigned for arrival and depature was reduced by half and the other half was assigned for the Indian airforce. Thirdly, the pilots were not well-versed in english so they completely relied on the radio operator of ATC (Air Traffic Controllers Guild). Fourthly, it was said that the Kazastan airplane encountered a dense cloud, so the plane decended further down from 15ooo feet. Fifthly, the pilot failed to inform the ATC about this. So when he tried to rise the plane to 15ooo feet , the plane met with the Saudi airlines and both crashed. Sixtly, at that time India had only outdated primary radar system that gave the distance of the airplanes approximately. Had it been a survillance radar the collision could have been prevented.
Such simple mistakes, carelessness lead to this huge catastrophe. Now, we could talk only about "might and could have". But, no1 can change the fate of 349 people, 349 who had people below them waiting, 349 dreams shattered. The most heart-crashing thing was that the Saudi airline passengers heard the recitation of an islam prayer that usually signifies the "arrival of death".
Had the pilots been more careful , the Indian ATC been more alert, lives of 349 could have been saved, 349 people living happily in some part of the world.
Now, the consolence can be that the systems are updated and more better. This prevents these kinds of deadliest aircrash in the world history.
Lets atleast pray for all those whose life destroyed before their eyes, whose dreams shattered in front of them, whose lives would have flashed for a second before them, who were dead before they even realized it. Lets hope such misery never happen again ....