Why was there a wall near runway at S Korea plane crash airport?
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#2So many things went wrong, and yet the pilots brought the plane down safely – and then this!? Just infuriating.
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#3I was wondering the same thing and suspected it was some safety feature (better for a plane to smack into said wall instead of crash into some populated area, etc) I had no idea he had to make the approach in the opposite direction.
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#4I don’t know why people keep fixating on this. Airplanes can’t skid out of the airport into the surrounding city. Mistakes were made, but this isn’t one of them. I suspect it is people trying to deflect blame from pilot error, which seems by far the most likely issue. They did none of the things you should do to stop a plane.
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#5I don’t know why people keep fixating on this. Airplanes can’t skid out of the airport into the surrounding city. Mistakes were made, but this isn’t one of them. I suspect it is people trying to deflect blame from pilot error, which seems by far the most likely issue. They did none of the things you should do to stop a plane.
You are probably right on pilot error, dont forget Boeing probably want this to be the story as well!
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#6I don’t know why people keep fixating on this. Airplanes can’t skid out of the airport into the surrounding city. Mistakes were made, but this isn’t one of them. I suspect it is people trying to deflect blame from pilot error, which seems by far the most likely issue. They did none of the things you should do to stop a plane.
But it wasn't there for this reason, and if it was, I'm sure they would have had more than 250m of space to put it at the far ends of the airport.
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#7I think this is disingenuous reporting.
It’s too early to actually draw a conclusion. We should wait for the full investigation.
There are a large number of compounding problems here. That was just the last one.
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#8I don’t know why people keep fixating on this. Airplanes can’t skid out of the airport into the surrounding city. Mistakes were made, but this isn’t one of them. I suspect it is people trying to deflect blame from pilot error, which seems by far the most likely issue. They did none of the things you should do to stop a plane.
Like doing what things? What I read so far is that they suspect the pilot had control issues.
I don't think people who say that it's a bad idea to have a concrete wall at the end of the runway argue the plane should make its way to a nearby motorway. I think most refer to using EMAS, ie a crushable concrete floor in which the plane sinks and stops.
Re: Why was there a wall near runway at S Korea plane crash airport?
#9I don’t know why people keep fixating on this. Airplanes can’t skid out of the airport into the surrounding city. Mistakes were made, but this isn’t one of them. I suspect it is people trying to deflect blame from pilot error, which seems by far the most likely issue. They did none of the things you should do to stop a plane.
Looking at the map, there isn't much beyond the runway.
Re: Why was there a wall near runway at S Korea plane crash airport?
#10I think this is disingenuous reporting. It’s too early to actually draw a conclusion. We should wait for the full investigation. There are a large number of compounding problems here. That was just the last one.
Even with all of the compounded problems, the flight could have been non fatal in most world airports.