One thing I won't ever understand is why we allow large airports to be located in a way that puts any kind of infrastructure, be it residential, commercial, tra

One thing I won't ever understand is why we allow large airports to be located in a way that puts any kind of infrastructure, be it residential, commercial, transportation or recreational, under the flight path for critical phases (i.e. start/land). Right where I used to work there's a memorial placard for a plane that crashed in 1960 due to an engine failure [1], and maybe five minutes worth of walking from where I grew up is another memorial for a plane that failed to start, crashed into a house and led to the deaths of, among others, a significant number of players of the ManU squad [2]. There have been so many incidents and near-incidents that it should be a no-brainer, but eh, guess it's more important to have airports closer to (or even worse, inside) cities. Yes, yes, I know, airplane travel is one of the safest modes of transportation there is, but still, a dominant majority of accidents in commercial aviation happens during landing and takeoff [3]. GA is a bit different because it seems that a lot of GA pilots fuck up maneuvering [4], but still, takeoff and landing account for about half the incidents. [1] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flugzeugungl%C3%BCck_am_17._Dezember_1960_in_M%C3%BCnchen https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flugzeugungl%C3%BCck_am_17._De... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_air_disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_air_disaster [3] https://www.statista.com/chart/31529/most-airplane-accidents-happen-during-landing/ https://www.statista.com/chart/31529/most-airplane-accidents... [4] https://www.redbirdflight.com/landing/general-aviation-accidents-maneuvering-flight https://www.redbirdflight.com/landing/general-aviation-accid...