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[Nickbat]

A plane crashed and broken in two on landing at Guyana's main airport in the capital, Georgetown, causing injuries but, thankfully, no deaths.

Rescuers struggled in the dark to free other passengers from the wreckage.

One woman described how a taxi driver got to the scene before the emergency services and charged her to be driven back to the terminal.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-14353610

[Richie London]

A plane crashed and broken in two on landing at Guyana's main airport in the capital, Georgetown, causing injuries but, thankfully, no deaths.

Rescuers struggled in the dark to free other passengers from the wreckage.

One woman described how a taxi driver got to the scene before the emergency services and charged her to be driven back to the terminal.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-14353610

 

[Taxi_Driver]

Absolutely correct 
Just because her plane crashed, does she expect free travel on other modes of transport 

[Richie London]

Absolutely correct 
Just because her plane crashed, does she expect free travel on other modes of transport 

is it extra for baggage as well

[Rods2]

Did they say if she give the driver a tip??? 

With end of runway problems in bad weather being such a common problem, I surprised that they have not come up with some sort of last resort damper based arrestor system on airports like this.

This reminds me of when I was running late from a business tour and meetings to several counties and it looked like I was going to miss my flight and the taxi driver dropped me at the wrong terminal at Charles De Gaulle airport Paris. I went to the taxi rank and none of the first 10 taxi drivers on the rank would take me to the correct terminal as it was not worth their while. The 11th taxi on the rank agreed to, but the rules of the taxi rank were that I could not go into the taxi until it was at the front!!!

I booked in and they made me take my luggage to the loading gate, so it was hand loaded onto the aircraft and just as I boarded the aircraft they shut the door. I couldn't fault the BA service for this. This is the closest I've ever come to missing a flight. 

[Osprey]

I read somewhere that tests have been done on gravel traps at the ends of runways, and that they work very well. 

Currently no legislation so I guess most airports can't be arsed, or are too miserly to put them in.