Source : Diário de Notícias 19/11/2007
Air Disaster
A sad reminder on the day of the 30th anniversary of the worst air accident in Madeira’s history.
On 19th November 1977, a Boeing 727-200 coming into Madeira Airport made two unsuccesful attempts to land, and ended up overshooting the runway. Of the 164 people on board, 131 died, with extensive injuries amongst the remainder.
The official report blamed excessive landing speed or aquaplanning for the disaster. The airport has since had massive improvements, including an extension of nearly 1,200 metres, and a much improved runway surface.
Computers & Internet Facts & Figures
Commercial use of the internet, on Madeira, has increased by over 50% during the last 3 years.
36% of Madeiran’s own a computer, but only 29% use it to access the internet.
27% of the Madeiran companies have internet, but only 19% have developed their own portal. 90% of Portuguese companies have internet facilities.
Around 78% of the internet users have brought something through the internet, but 70% of these transactions cost less than 75 euros.
There are more than a thousand millions internet users in the world, at present.
I hope no one will begrudge a small plug for madeira4u, its free guide book to Madeira and everything, and it’s english language advertisers directory.
