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Old 25th Feb 2017, 11:54
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For those complaining about excessive development in the near-runway areas; please explain to me how this King Air crash would have had a totally different ending if it had pancaked into flat open ground at over 100kts, and full of fuel? Do you really believe everyone on board would have just walked away, if there were no buildings there? Where are the study results that show no development within miles of a runway improves air safety outcomes?

It's a fact of life airports usually start off their lives in a relatively semi-rural region, and development encroaches on them, because people want quick and easy access to the airport.
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