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By looking at the streetview image [1], and assuming this is the correct concrete wall they hit, my best guess is that this is just the "fencing" around the air
by denysvitali 2y ago
By looking at the streetview image [1], and assuming this is the correct concrete wall they hit, my best guess is that this is just the "fencing" around the airport. Letting an airplane run past the wall would have meant allowing an airplane to cross a few streets past the end of the runway.
It would be nice to know what are the regulations around this topic though, having a concrete wall at the end of a runway can definitely be fatal (as we've seen here)
[1]: https://maps.app.goo.gl/yFx9u1AE1kZhM9iW8 https://maps.app.goo.gl/yFx9u1AE1kZhM9iW8
- SteveNuts 2y agoSeems like a matter of “fatal for the airplane passengers” vs. “fatal for the airplane passengers plus motorists”
- do_not_redeem 2y agoIt looks like a trolley problem to me sadly. If that wall wasn't there, the plane would have kept skidding (from the looks of that picture) downhill into traffic for who knows how long. Planes have a lot of inertia. And those look like power lines just past that wall too; those would not help the situation either.
- neom 2y agoI was curious so I went and looked at what other airports do, yyz, jfk, icn, lhr are all chainlink, some areas of yyz if you over-ran and went through he chainlink, it looks like surely you'd be on a road considerably bigger than the one at Muan.
- buildsjets 2y agoHere’s a better streetview link. You can see the dirt berm that the aircraft hit is located far inside the perimeter wall. Also the wall is pretty dang thin and would not have stopped a 737 like that. https://maps.app.goo.gl/NHh9eDtAGGtZY9fH7 https://maps.app.goo.gl/NHh9eDtAGGtZY9fH7
- buildsjets 2y agoNew pics in the media seem to show most of the wreckage came to a stop between the dirt berm and the perimeter concrete wall. At least one of the engines looks like it reached and penetrated the wall.
- drtgh 2y agoIf the video we all are seeing is from this accident, then it is not the fencing around the airport. It is some kind of mound, apparently hardened earth with antennas from the instrument landing system on it ( the fence seems to be further back ).