Essendon Runway 17 overrun area risks
The Australian newspaper 22 February 2019. Aviation section. Byron Bailey makes a good point about the lack of over-run at the end of Essendon Runway 17. He writes:
"In the US, airfields have Engineered Materials Arresting Systems (EMAS) for aircraft overruns in the runway safety area (RSA). Military aircraft have pop-up barrier systems to stop any fighter from a high speed abort. The thought of an overrun off runway 17, to 50 metres into a major highway - with an explosion of tonnes of jet fuel - does not bear thinking about."
Certainly not a pleasant thought. I don't know about other people, and heinous though it may be to the purists, but this scribe would seriously think of continuing a take off from 15 knots below VI rather than chance my arm at a high speed abort on that runway; particularly if it's wet. What say you?