Originally posted by Leftseat86
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No, that is not "an airport closing as the direct result of a crash".
I still take a little issue with your dismissal that it's no more dangerous next to the airport than away. Draw a box around the approach and departure paths of any airport, and you'll find crashes. Big airports and small- Delta 191, AA-191, Many other wind sheer crashes. Over the last 20 years, I can also think of about four instances of light planes falling out of the sky turning final, short final, just after take off. Just in the last two weeks, we have this plane and the one at Wichita...crashing "right next to" the airport. I struggle to think of an en route plane falling in a neighborhood- sure there's some, but back to the old adage that takeoff and landing are the most critical and dangerous phases of flights. Planes are concentrating, following fairly specific flight paths and getting close to the ground...that equals an increased risk...sure, it's a small increase of a small risk, but as they say, the stats mean nothing when the plane crashes on your house.
...and my bottom line was still political...those folks are great at blowing facts out of proportion.
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