Yikes. Remind me never to take a Zest Air aircraft (formerly Asian Spirit) – ever.
Zest Air undershot the runway at Caticlan Airport this morning, then proceeded to crash against the airport wall. Two children and one crew member were hurt. There were 23 passengers onboard, mostly tourists to Boracay.
All other flights (Cebu Pacific, Air Philippines, SEAIR) have been rerouted to the nearby Kalibo airport.
This isn’t Zest Air’s first crash. (Asia’s most refreshing airline? I don’t think so.) The same thing happened last year, when then Asian Spirit overshot the Masbate airport. In 2005, it overran the runway at Catarman National Airport. And in 1999, it killed all 15 passengers and 2 crew members in a crash between Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino.
Who flies these things???
Related posts:
- So.. Asian guys are the hottes…
- lol. that’s all Asian guy did,…
- Playful Kiss
- Flight 1549 Tapes
- Japan-Philippines Flight Route To Be Increased
- FedEx Cargo Plane Crashes In Texas, Catches Fire
- Zest Airways Year of the Ox Promo
- Cebu Pacific Expects 5 New Planes, 50% Passenger Growth
- Cebu Pacific Promos | Zero Fare Asian Flights
- Zunesday Y2K9 | The Millenium Crash That Happened A Decade Late
January 11th, 2009 at 9:44 am
Zest Air’s make use of Cebu Pacific’s old planes. Am I right?
I got a scary experience with Cebu Pacific last December when my mom and I flew from Dipolog to Manila.
January 11th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
Well they sure hire old experienced pilots too, to make up for it! I hear a lot of complaints about Asian Spirit.
January 12th, 2009 at 2:50 am
Hi there!
Accidents and crashes cannot be avoided but looking at the examples of their crashes, it seems that it is due to pilot error or maybe mismanagement of the planes. Someone should so something about this! Their license should be suspended or something!
Anyway, maybe it is refreshing. Its guaranteed you are going to heaven when you ride Zest Air!
January 12th, 2009 at 3:53 am
My earlier comment should read:
Well they sure SHOULD hire old experienced pilots too, to make up for it! I hear a lot of complaints about Asian Spirit.
@Reel Advice, hahaha, that’s a really scary thought!!
January 12th, 2009 at 9:53 am
For the record, Zest Air does not use Cebu Pac’s old planes, this is just false.
They’ve slowly been phasing out the old Asian Spirit planes and have been buying brand new planes from China. They’ve also recently acquired a couple of Airbus A320s from the United States.
January 12th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
Zest Air………there is a New Pest in the Air……Zest Air……Asia’s most infuriating airline!
Run by stooges and only serve stooges!
January 13th, 2009 at 2:41 am
accidents cannot be avoided. Zest air will rise again. Yes, there will be new pest in the air that will eat-up all competitors.Those who criticized Zest air buy your own plane and will be eaten also by the pest. Bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha ….
January 14th, 2009 at 3:27 am
Why in the world they have to buy china aircraft which is not approved by FAA.
January 14th, 2009 at 3:36 am
Why the hell they bought planes from China? A pirated version of a Russian model plane. Its former brand Asian Spirit bought a plane made in Indonesia. Cant they afford Western planes?
January 20th, 2011 at 7:20 am
My father in law died in 1999 Flying Asian Spirit. He was a good man and a Filipino scientist. The money that they gave is nothing. Killing people’s lives because of old tierd disturbed because of several wives and lacking of flying hours and experienced pilot. May God punish you who owns Asian Spirit now Zest Air. This is a warning never ride Zest Air for sure it will happen again. I miss my father in law that my kids had a short time being with him.
February 10th, 2011 at 6:04 pm
I am sorry for your loss. One of our batchmates in high school also died in that crash in 1999. We only learned that our batchmate was among those killed several years ago. We are trying to search for the surviving family of our batchmate. We wonder whether the families of all the deceased still get in touch. I hope to hear from you as we are soon to celebrate the 25th anniversary of our graduation from HS. Please contact me, my name is Mark at unimatrix729@yahoo.com
April 23rd, 2011 at 6:30 pm
Don’t ever fly Zestair. They are the owners of Zest-O which were found to have cockroaches. It says a lot about the company.