Opening up the news Friday morning to see the horrible scenes of a commuter air crash in New York brings terrifying thoughts of what can and eventually will happen as air traffic increases in suburban areas. Yes, these are rare events, but it turns into a law of averages, as any scientist/statistician will tell you.
This news is particularly disturbing in the sense of Paine Field, since no less than six schools have been built in the potential flight path of Paine after the Mediated Role Determination agreement was put in place. These schools were built on the promise that these kids and their communities would not need to live with the constant noise or threat of larger commuter airplanes taking off and approaching overhead.
Interestingly enough, the tragic commuter crash in Buffalo involved the Bombardier Q400, the exact plane Horizon wants to bring to Paine Field. I don’t even want to imagine a tragedy like this in our community with so many schools and family homes directly below the flight path. Let’s keep this type of tragedy away from our community, and let’s hold our officials to their agreement.
Brad Greenfield
Mukilteo
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