As news of the VQ-TLG ditching on Friday July 24, 2009 at Salt Cay circled around the Turk and Caicos Islands, it brought back memories of the N126ST which ditched on my watch two years ago, almost to the date. Remaining calm during these emergencies is what makes the difference between perishing and surviving.

A Russian-made Tupolev plane crashed in Iran near Jannat-abad village in Qazvin province at 11:33 am on Wednesday. The aircraft was enroute from Tehran to Yerevan/ Armenia.