Originally Posted by
lurker999
..And at other airports in Aus there is every chance of that sort of accident hitting a terminal building or some other aviation related building. This one hit a DFO that was put in a spot that was previously developed.
Its lovely that you want airports to exist in vast open expanses, but that clearly isn't really possible.
lurker999
The DFO could've been full of unsuspecting members of the public, shopping less than 60 minutes later..
The 'shoppers' wouldn't think for a second that, although shopping
less than 250m from the runway centreline of a busy regional airport, they were at any greater risk of being involved in a tragic aviation accident, or losing their own life.
The risk of implication in an aviation accident is far higher 'on-airport' (any airport) when compared to alternatives such as Chadstone, Docklands or the CBD for example.
The 'layman' among us rightfully assume that Governments (Local/State and Commonwealth) have adequately risk managed these type of events. So why is a large shopping centre (DFO or otherwise) located immediately adjacent to the Obstacle Free Zone of Runway 17, just underneath the inner transitional surface (OLS) and within the confines of the airport?..
Why are so many Australian airports prioritising profit/income maximisation at the expense of public safety and aviation amenity and continually getting away with it? What is the primary role of an airport?