Cambodian jet abandoned in Vietnam for over a year

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Economy must be very bad that the airlines could not even afford to fix their planes... The Royal Khmer Airlines plane has been parked on the tarmac at Hanoi's international airport since early May 2007, said Vo Huy Cuong, head of the Vietnam Civil Aviation Administration's Air Transportation Department. The plane was abandoned only a month after Royal Khmer Airlines received its license to operate flights between the Cambodian city of Siem Riep, home to the world famous Angkor Wat temples, and Hanoi. The Boeing 727 had operated only a few flights when it was grounded, Cuong said. Cambodian aviation authorities removed the 30-year-old plane from its registration in August, he said. Would you use that airline to fly? I would think more than twice... Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080611/ap_on_fe_st/odd_abandoned_jet;_ylt=AtC5K3ZCtXiGHvaDXzcocj_tiBIF