Utopia Talk / Politics / Concrete Wall at End of Runway for lols

Dukhat Member	Tue Dec 31 14:35:55 http://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0mvynnxzzmo Why was there a wall near runway at S Korea plane crash airport? Aviation experts have raised questions about an "unusual" concrete wall near the runway and its role in the South Korea plane crash that killed 179 people. Footage shows the Jeju Air plane coming off the runway before colliding with the wall and bursting into flames at Muan International Airport on Sunday. Authorities investigating the cause of South Korea's worst-ever plane crash are considering the significance of the concrete wall's location about 250m (820ft) off the end of the runway. Air safety expert David Learmount said that, had the "obstruction" not been there, the plane "would have come to rest with most - possibly all - those on board still alive". The pilot reported that the plane had struck a bird and then aborted the original landing and requested permission to land from the opposite direction. The plane came down some distance along the 2,800m runway and appeared to land without using its wheels or any other landing gear. Mr Learmount said the landing was "as good as a flapless/gearless touchdown could be: wings level, nose not too high to avoid breaking the tail" and the plane had not sustained substantial damage as it slid along the runway. "The reason so many people died was not the landing as such, but the fact that the aircraft collided with a very hard obstruction just beyond the runway end," he said.
Rugian Member	Tue Dec 31 14:44:33 The video really does make it seem that everyone would have been fine if only the runway was longer. Whoops
murder Member	Tue Dec 31 15:38:31 The runway coming to an end wasn't the problem. They could have skid right off of it and right across the road. Like they say, it isn't the fall that kills you, it's the sudden stop.
TheChildren Member	Wed Jan 01 02:33:14 lol da real question is, why did da wall survive a 100thousand kg plane going at 200mph collidin with it and ending with huge fireball from da jet fuels and still stand... like what kind of wall is this and why is there a single short wall right at that run way and only going there... da realities is prolly some part of a military structure that is undaground there and reinforced and shit, placed there by some military goon
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