Because a significant incident like that has not happened here and never will...[img]https://www.pprune.org/images/smilies/evil.gif
Love it, because it reminded me of a similar comment made to me in the mid 1970's when working on Nauru. Those who are familiar with the runway on Nauru will know the departure end (no pun intended) of Runway 30 ends in a 10 metre boulder filled drop into the ocean. That is after you cross the road passing five metres from the runway threshold.
During a flight safety conference it was suggested that concrete be poured over and between the jagged boulders of the sea wall to make a rudimentary sort of ski slope into the water to minimise the chances of aircraft wings being ruptured by the current boulders in event of an over-run into the sea.
The then DCA, a political appointee who knew nothing about aeroplanes, knocked back the idea saying that Air Nauru which had been operating all of three years with its two F28 Fokker Fellowships, had the best safety record in the world as it had never had a crash.