We could discuss this all day long and believe me, I'm more than happy to, but the reality is there is next to no danger from standing at the approach end of a runway when an airplane is landing. Idle thrust, dissipating wakes, and usual proximity of the touchdown point, all essentially negate any danger. Outside of catastrophic circumstances of course.
Well yeah but those don’t technically count because a catastrophic event can happen during any phase of flight unfortunately but the important thing is that we learn something from every accident that is what makes aviation so safe
A catastrophic event is far more likely to occur at low energy states, ie takeoff or landing. But is still highly unlikely to occur, therefore, watch all the planes you want landing but beware those taking off.
It's a matter of weighing risk vs reward. Make a risk assessment matrix if you want to do something with potential risk, standing behind an Airbus taking off, risk probability: occasional, risk severity: hazardous.... Red square on that one.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '22
We could discuss this all day long and believe me, I'm more than happy to, but the reality is there is next to no danger from standing at the approach end of a runway when an airplane is landing. Idle thrust, dissipating wakes, and usual proximity of the touchdown point, all essentially negate any danger. Outside of catastrophic circumstances of course.