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How is that not extremely dangerous? Could the turbines not suck people in that close?
This is how Ross Geller died but he was hit by a blimp. Taken from us too soon
It kills over 1 Americans every year
Saw this other day, wheels would have hit the top of a truck trailer,
Imagine rookie pilot on that approach?
Here's the Answer: Close the beach, 200' by 200' with rocks into water,
Extend the runway 200' onto former beach area. Is not that much $$
Build a tunnel under the roadway for auto, truck traffic,,,, lot of $$
They need to put up lights and barricades that come down during airplane approaches, controlled by the tower, just like train crossings, except larger with more space.
I think the angle the aircraft approach probably is a factor in preventing you from becoming a minced meat.
That being said considering it is such a regular occurrence, to the tune of daily. I think it is more then vetted for safety by regulators
I think during landing there's no big risk because the engines are running at pretty low power. Would be interesting though what would happen in case of a last minute go around where they have to apply full power.
During landings the engines are actually at fairly high power due to the significantly increased drag from the flaps and slats being deployed to full or close to full. (The increased drag from flaps/slats is why one of the very early steps in a go-around is to retract them from full (or almost full) to a middle position.)