Originally Posted by
GMEDX
It is of course of great concern that this has happened for the second time in a few months. Let's not forget though that even if HKA had continued the take off it would have easily cleared the jumbo by maybe a 1000ft. Even with an engine failure it should have cleared it.
In China I've noticed that crossings tend to be done at the runway ends now following the near miss in SHA in order to reduce the risk when a conflicting clearance is given.
Not ok in any country! Better than a midfield cross? Sure, but not in any instance acceptable. It could easily have been a max weight jumbo taking off.
I notice how some busy airports like ORD and ATL, the crossings are being reduced significantly by running the arriving traffic behind the departures after landing. They are even using intersection departures to facilitate this in some cases.