The Lion Swims Tonight

"In the ocean, the mighty ocean, the Lion swims tonight......."

Following my break to catch the Shanghai Formula One race, I was back on the plane headed back to D0ngGuan. That's when I learnt about the Lion Air crash at Bali from the headlines of the newspaper given out by the flight staff.

• Yahoo News (13 Apr 2013) - Lion Air Jet Crashes Into Sea In Bali; 45 Hurt

Anyway, it was great to hear that everyone was fine.

Indonesian Airline safety has always been a joke. Indonesian airlines were, at one time back in 2007, banned from entering EU due to overly poor safety record.

• JayWalk Online (29 Jun 2007) - EU Bans Indonesian Airlines

I have had make several jokes about Indonesian Airlines and here's a flash from the past.

• JayWalk Online (12 Mar 2005) - Awair
• JayWalk Online (16 Feb 2006) - AdamAir - AdamWhere?
• JayWalk Online (27 Feb 2007) - Hard Landing

As I was looking at the airline logos, I realise Lion Air's logo isn't exactly good for business. It looks to me that it is either

1. A cross between a lion and a lion fish
   
   or
    
2. Our very own Merlion with the tail flipped in the other direction.

Either one is a creature meant to be under water. Not exactly a logo of good omen for an airline. Perhaps, it is no surprise to find the plane in the water. Perhaps the Lion Fish/Merlion misses home?

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-Voxeros