Aircraft Crash Essendon YMEN

[Rowan McKeever]

Originally Posted by MarkR

Zac, the terminals are placed within ICAO and CASA guidelines with regard airport design, the DFO at Essendon and indeed the one at Canberra are not.

Whilst you're correct, Zac is too. It's all well and good to say terminals are located in accordance with ICAO and CASA guidelines, but take a look at the FR24 track of today's accident aircraft and you would find that the same situation occurring:
* on SYD's RWY07, would have the aircraft in T2;
* on DRW's RWY11, would have the aircraft in or very close to the terminal;
* on MEL's RWY16, would have the aircraft in the international terminal;
* on ADL's RWY05, would have the aircraft in or close to the terminal, etc.