"George Patterson" wrote in message
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Jon Kraus wrote:

It looks like the Challenger skidded off the runway and crashed into a
warehouse at TEB.

Yesterday, NPR news stated that the mayor is pushing for reducing the
number of
flights at TEB and installing "foam crash barriers" at the ends of the
runway.

No mention of the fact that the deceleration produced by barriers like
that
would have killed everyone on board this aircraft had they been in place.

I suspect his point is not to protect the pax and crew as much as to protect
the people in the buildings and roads around the airport. That building the
Challenger crashed into happened to be empty, but during working hours that
one alone has more than 200 people in it.

Doesn't take away from the lack of imagination in thinking that foam will
solve any perceived problems with the airport, but might explain where he is
coming from.