Korean Government to Inspect Navigation Facilities at All Airports After Jeju Air Crash
|Hopefully other countries learn from what happened in Korea and inspect all their navigation facilities as well to make them safer if a plane overshoots the runway:
The government will inspect navigation facilities that assist in aircraft landings at all domestic airports, following mounting evidence that a concrete structure supporting a localizer — a navigation aid — may have exacerbated the severity of the impact when the ill-fated Jeju Air plane crashed at Muan International Airport, the transport ministry said Wednesday.
The investigation will focus on whether the materials used for the structure and its distance from the runway comply with domestic and international standards.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said it is investigating the materials used in navigation aid facilities at all airports nationwide. The localizer, a key navigational aid, helps aircraft align with the runway during landing.
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Wait! You mean having random concrete and steel obstacles at an airport might not be “best practices”?
It boggles the mind. Just like the automatic lifeboats sealed by painting over the sensors on the Sewol.
Why does it take Government to correct these obvious safety issues?
I don’t blame Korea, I blame modern education that rips personal responsibility and adds it to the intended serfdom.