Plane crash into home in Buffalo NY, 48 killed

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by LukeA

Whenever I've flown into/out of Chicago's Midway Airport, I'm always surprised to think that there has yet to be a major takeoff/landing disaster at this airport. Anyone who's been to Midway knows exactly what I'm talking about- the entire airport (runways, terminal and all) sits on one square mile of land, with densely populated residential neighborhoods surrounding it.



It can be pretty unnerving, especially in poor weather.

Well, there was that one accident where the plane went off the end of the runway and thru a fence and unfortunately ended up on top of a car killing I think it was a 6 year old boy.

[LukeA]

Originally Posted by DavidMn

Well, there was that one accident where the plane went off the end of the runway and thru a fence and unfortunately ended up on top of a car killing I think it was a 6 year old boy.

Yes- in the middle of a snowstorm. If the plane continued even a hundred feet further, it would have crashed into at least 2 or 3 (multi-unit) houses.

The other incident - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_Flight_553 - miraculously, only two people died on the ground.

If anything resembling what happened in Clarence Center happened on the takeoff/landing approach at Midway, it would be catastrophic, with several dozens of victims on the ground.

[BombaySapphire3]

Originally Posted by LukeA

If anything resembling what happened in Clarence Center happened on the takeoff/landing approach at Midway, it would be catastrophic, with several dozens of victims on the ground.

I have changed planes at Midway and noticed this ..it is comparable to Lindbergh Field in San Diego where I grew up also in the middle of the city ..back in the 1970s when I was a kid they had always talked about moving it but there it still sits ..Incidentally there was a terrible accident there when I was in high school when a PSA passenger jet was hit by a Cessna as it was nearing the airport crashing into a city neighborhood of North Park killing all on the planes and some on the ground.