Originally Posted by
c_coder
The southern boundary of YMML doesn't have above ground power lines. And public lighting to the south and west of Essendon airport is a special type, with shorter, more closely spaced poles. Both locations seem to have given thought to the possibility of an aircraft coming in low.
Additionally it seems to be a pretty obvious failure mode to have a non-redundant power feed which your aircraft rely on, in a location where the same aircraft can damage the lines.
Well, at CYHZ, the airport is "uphill" from the road and power lines, on a hilltop about 15m above the road. You would have to be
below runway elevation to impact those power lines - as was the AC airplane.
In which case, the power lines are the least of your problems....
https://www.flightglobal.com/assets/...x?itemid=60703
In effect, these power lines
are "buried" - about 5m below the tarmac elevation.