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Low-Cost and High-Risk

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Sep 18, 2007
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See Also: Fiery End to Phuket-Bound Plane

The crash of Thai budget carrier One-Two-Go’s MD82 airliner in Phuket Sunday, killing 88 of the people aboard, is the latest ominous reminder of how low-cost airlines have proliferated across Asia in the past half decade, raising a multitude of questions about their safety records.

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