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Originally Posted by bobdreamz
^ It's not stupid it's the truth. How many planes have flown in to high rise buildings in the US? Do you have any stats? Sounds like you are more into hypetheticals like the FAA is.
I have seen smaller aircraft crash into houses & commercial buildings here in central Florida.
In fact we had one today in Lakeland which despite being surrounded by a rural area managed to crash into a warehouse.
http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/...uilding/njs8c/
Also please explain how chopping of 19 feet from the Panorama tower from it's original height of 849 feet somehow makes it safer for airplanes. |
Wow, this a well-reasoned and relevant argument -- you really should present it to MIA, the airlines, the commercial pilots unions, and the FAA. Once they hear this, I'm sure that they'll see the error of their ways and then there should be no problem gaining approval whatsoever.
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Originally Posted by bobdreamz
As for planes flying over the downtown/ Brickell district? Hers is a pic of a AA Jet flying directly south of the 4 Seasons Tower which is about 800 feet tall. As if another 200 feet would be a hazard to "Aviation"!
This American Airlines jet isn't flying over the Brickell business district now is it? |
You just still fail to understand the issue. This example you shared completely proves it... posting the above pic just shows how misinformed you are. Try learning something about the issue before offering hollow, flawed, irrelevant, and overall inane arguments. You would think you would have learned that after being "
a member of this forum for 13 years and even longer than that when it was called "Nayld's skyscraperage before that dating back to 1999"... but obviously not.
The FAA’s proposal would change the way the agency assesses proposals to build new structures or modify existing structures near 388 airports to take into account the hazard that would be created to one-engine takeoffs.
The Federal Aviation Administration proposal, supported by airports and airlines, is driven by encroaching development that limits safe flight paths for planes that might lose power in an engine during takeoff. Planes can fly with only one engine, but they have less power to climb quickly over obstacles.
The proposals are meant to ensure that planes have safe flight paths in case they lose power to one engine during takeoff. That's a relatively rare occurrence, but only one mishap could spell tragedy.
As more buildings, cellphone towers, wind turbines and other tall structures go up near airports, there are fewer safe flight paths available. Current regulations effectively limit building heights based on the amount of clearance needed by planes with two operating engines.
Airlines already must sometimes cut down on the number of passengers and the amount of cargo carried by planes taking off from airports in Burbank and San Jose in California, and in Honolulu, Los Angeles, Miami, Phoenix, and near Washington, D.C., among others, so they will be light enough to clear obstructions if only one engine is available, said Chris Oswald, vice president of the Airports Council International-North America. The problem is exacerbated in hot weather when air is denser and planes require more power during takeoff. Bigger planes that carry lots of passengers and cargo on lucrative international flights are especially affected.
This happens frequently in Miami, especially with cargo and int'l flights.
Add all of this to the fact that: MIA main runways run E-W with takeoff to the east due to the easterly prevailing winds in Miami, and there is a legitimate issue that concerns all knowledgeable parties involved.
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