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Old 21st Jul 2007, 06:18
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Octavius
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That emergency stop button needs to be added soon.

Look at the trends. More and more airports being surrounded by roads and buildings.

Lots of incidents reported here are over runs.

When there is a nice meadow to run over into, or a sandy beach no problem. When the end of the runway is a road or a built up area then death and destruction follows.

Minimum equipment for an aircraft landing at an airport with no safe over run area.

1, Brakes that work.

2, A runway that isnt like an ice rink.

3, Them thrust reverser thingies all working that help if conditions 1 and 2 are not met.

4, A big red button marked "aw sh1t" that deploys a parachute out the a$$ end if the several hundred tons of aluminium, fuel and humans ain't going to stop before we have another disaster.

Waiting for the report....