I reckon there’s a big point being missed here. An airport, like Bankstown, handles in any given day a wide variety of aircraft, with a fairly extensive ‘list’ of potential ‘events’. From student pilots on first solo to sophisticated jet transport aircraft, through to helicopters etc. While the ‘risk’ of accident or incident is minimized there is always the possibility that Murphy’s law will apply – if it can go wrong – etc.
Can you imagine the unholy dust up when it really, truly and really goes wrong and; say, for example, a student on minimal fuel, doing a first ‘solo’ has an engine failure – or; a corporate jet has a major failure or; a chopper is obliged to ‘auto-rotate’ - all very real possibilities. That’s why we have so many rules, regulations and ‘safety’ requirements – to keep those on the ground safe. That is why there are clear of obstruction areas promulgated about airports (for safety's sake) – yet: shit happens. if you never drive on a freeway, the chances of blowing a tyre – at speed – are reduced. The speed and weight of the family Holden is significant when F=Ma is applied; the same formula can be used to determine the forces involved at almost double the best (standard) Holden speed. A student pilot, landing the first aircraft flown is landing well above the legal speed limit 0f 110 Kph – the most humble of ‘real’ aircraft land at around 110 to 160 Kph. The kinetic energy of bigger aircraft at about 180 Kph + the fuel load (keep the Holden running for a week) is a serious force to be reckoned with; should it ‘arrive’ – unexpected like – in your front parlour.
Statistics confirm there are more accidents during the take off and landing phase of flight than any other. Yet silly bugger developers, who don’t live in harms way, seem to think that the possibility of an unwanted guest in the front parlour is unthinkable and unquantifiable.
It ain’t – the event at Bankstown was ‘rare’ occurrence – and there, but for the grace of the gods of fate, no one got hurt. There are good reasons for making aerodromes with lots of room – mostly related to Sir Isaac Newton’s laws of physics, with a nod to Murphy’s immutable law.
Wiki - Murphy's law is a popular adage that states that "things will go wrong in any given situation, if you give them a chance," or more commonly, "whatever can go wrong, will go wrong." A number of variants on the rule have been formulated, as have several corollaries.
Can you imagine the unholy dust up when it really, truly and really goes wrong and; say, for example, a student on minimal fuel, doing a first ‘solo’ has an engine failure – or; a corporate jet has a major failure or; a chopper is obliged to ‘auto-rotate’ - all very real possibilities. That’s why we have so many rules, regulations and ‘safety’ requirements – to keep those on the ground safe. That is why there are clear of obstruction areas promulgated about airports (for safety's sake) – yet: shit happens. if you never drive on a freeway, the chances of blowing a tyre – at speed – are reduced. The speed and weight of the family Holden is significant when F=Ma is applied; the same formula can be used to determine the forces involved at almost double the best (standard) Holden speed. A student pilot, landing the first aircraft flown is landing well above the legal speed limit 0f 110 Kph – the most humble of ‘real’ aircraft land at around 110 to 160 Kph. The kinetic energy of bigger aircraft at about 180 Kph + the fuel load (keep the Holden running for a week) is a serious force to be reckoned with; should it ‘arrive’ – unexpected like – in your front parlour.
Statistics confirm there are more accidents during the take off and landing phase of flight than any other. Yet silly bugger developers, who don’t live in harms way, seem to think that the possibility of an unwanted guest in the front parlour is unthinkable and unquantifiable.
It ain’t – the event at Bankstown was ‘rare’ occurrence – and there, but for the grace of the gods of fate, no one got hurt. There are good reasons for making aerodromes with lots of room – mostly related to Sir Isaac Newton’s laws of physics, with a nod to Murphy’s immutable law.
Wiki - Murphy's law is a popular adage that states that "things will go wrong in any given situation, if you give them a chance," or more commonly, "whatever can go wrong, will go wrong." A number of variants on the rule have been formulated, as have several corollaries.