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Posted by Justin_Timberland (Member # 236) on :

I am just watching this on Fox, Channel 11 here in Los Angeles. A Boeing 737 Southwest Airlines jet landed hard at Burbank Airport and somewhat missed the runway. The plane ended up at a Cheveron gas station and on top of several cars. Now why would someone build a gas station next to a runway? I don't get it, unless the owner expected planes to go there for bathroom breaks...

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Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

Well, presumably, the owner also didn't expect a plane to land anywhere besides the runway.

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Posted by Jay the Obscure (Member # 19) on :

It's what we like to call urban sprawl here in LA. When the airport was built, it was in the middle of a general nowhere. And now it's surrounded by gas stations and houses.

Ontario is the same way...and goodness knows there is little tolerance for error around John Wayne airport.

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Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

Go Moose Jaw! If you crash a plane at our 'airport' (semi-military base), the worst you can do is hit a moose.

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Posted by Jay the Obscure (Member # 19) on :

And Moose Jaw even has their own web site

There's progress for ya.

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Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :

I didn't see anything about the airport, but the FAQ were funny.

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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

If you think having a gas station next to an airport is bad enough, try New York City. There's La Guardia, JFK, and Newark, all within close proximity of each other. Most of these airports are surrounded by residential space, crowded highways, AND gas stations.

If anyone has ever flown to Hong Kong before the new airport opened, you would have noticed how close planes get to adjacent apartment buildings on approach to the old airport. Pilots would regularly call that run a real challenge. One false move and you could either be hurtling towards an apartment skyscraper, or towards the water that surrounds the runway.

Trust me. I've been there.

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Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :

Hehe... In Saint John, building something new takes about 20 years of talking.... Go Saint John!

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