Upon opening it up I can see it's acutally a Tri-Star from a charter airline called Air Rum. I'm sure you'll agree the tail on (one!) of the Tri-Stars is very BA-esque. Differs from other tails in the fleet. I took a look at their site and found out it's registered office is in Sierra Leone, with the operations office in Jordan. Anyone know why that is?
The English on the website is interesting. One of the main links on the homepage is to 'Safety and Reliability', which is something you don't often find on the first page of a site and although the intentions are good, it doesn't inspire much confidence.
On the left hand side of the hompage is a scrolling box which gives you links to photos of the aircraft. Some interior and exterior shots which are fine, but at the bottom of the scrolling box are hyperlinks titled 'LOL', there are a few of them. When you click on it another window opens with an image that won't load and a caption stating nothing but: "BWAAAH"
Most worrying of all though is if you click on their 'Services' link, you are confronted with this text:
y0u g0t 0wN3z By (( Eddy_BAck0o )) AM in Jordan Dude !! Catch Me iF u Can !! Am Challange Your Security ! i Did Broke iT ! The reazen For This Hacked = y0u prevent of Me My Study !! So i Prevenet you and Any Server in ( Jordan ) . See Yaa s00n (*^~)
Click on the Insurance link and you will come across this:
We are a family in Air Rum … From one of the most important principle and role for our company, Air Rum is really committed to ensuring passengers the highest safety standards so Air Rum fleet, passengers, and crews are insured through one of the most leading insurance brokers in the world - Willis Ltd. of London. We take care for you on Air Rum..
The Destinations section is certainly worth a look.
They operate 5 Tri-Star, reg's are: 9L-LDV, 9L-LEQ, 9L-LEU (Ex Delta), 9L-LFB, 9L-LFC. Very little in the way of photos on the database.
Anyone had any experiences with them or have any additional info?
MEA-707 From Netherlands, joined Nov 1999, 4117 posts, RR: 37 Reply 1, posted (7 years 1 month 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 2786 times:
The "BA" liveried Tristar is actually the basic colours of Orient Thai, of which they took over some Tristars.
Their website is typically done by the "little nephew of the boss". On the other hand, they are not offering scheduled services so probably few bother to visit it anyway, which result in that they probably forgot to check if it was safe for hackers etc.
nobody has ever died from hard work, but why take the risk?
Azstagecoach From United States of America, joined Mar 2006, 151 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (7 years 1 month 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 2702 times:
A question: under the plane summary for 9L-LEU, it lists "On Condition" as the serial number for engine #3. What is that supposed to mean?
Joshdean From United Kingdom, joined Apr 2005, 130 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (7 years 1 month 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 2638 times:
Quoting AirCop (Reply 4): Wasn't AirRum the airline that declared an emergency so the flight crew could land and watch a soccer game in South America a couple of years back?
YAK42 From Ireland, joined Oct 2000, 796 posts, RR: 7 Reply 11, posted (7 years 1 month 19 hours ago) and read 2061 times:
These aircraft will be busy during the Hajj pilgrimage mostly on charters to Africa but the rest of the year just get the odd job here and there, like that football thing last year. Jordan has a few of these types of airlines I think.
MaartenV From Netherlands, joined Aug 2005, 271 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (7 years 1 month 16 hours ago) and read 1950 times:
Quoting AirCop (Reply 4): Wasn't AirRum the airline that declared an emergency so the flight crew could land and watch a soccer game in South America a couple of years back?
Well you can't say they have crews that lack initiative and creative solutions .
Its nice to know that you are insured by Willis Ltd. of London when you crash on AirRum.
If they can't even get a decent website in the air, what about their planes?
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