"Scott M. Kozel" wrote in message
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"Bill Mulcahy" wrote:

General Aviation To Be Permanently Restricted From Washington, DC? While
of
course I am for ANY restriction on aviation...anywhere, I find it
suspicious
that the FAA wants to ban small general aviation aircraft coming even
miles
from Washington, DC while allowing the nearby "Reagan" National Airport
to
operate less than a mile from the Pentagon and about two miles from the
National Mall, the White House and the Capitol Building!!! Why not close
Reagan National permanently? It was done for months after 9/11.

3 weeks, in a time of vastly reduced air traffic.

The reason,
as everyone knows, is because Reagan National Airport is used by
congressmen
and senators as their own private airport; so they are not about to
close it.

Oh please, spare us the demagoguery. Congress is 535 people. National
Airport handles over 50,000 airline passengers per day, and closing it
would transform the D.C. region into one of the worst-served regions in
the country as far as airline service.

The danger from this airport is not only from terrorists but could come
from just an ordinary airplane accident. On January 12, 1981 a plane
with 79
took off in a snowstorm (nice going boys) and crashed in the Potomac
River,
killing 74.

The only fatalities were from those on the plane. How is that "danger"

Unfortunately this is not the case:

"There were 74 passengers, including 3 infants, and 5 crew members on board.
All but 5 died. The aircraft struck 7 occupied vehicles on an Interstate
highway bridge and tore away a railing, killing 4 more people before it
plunged through the ice into the Potomac River. A total of 78 persons died
in the worst accident in Washington DC history. "

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Florida_Flight_90

However, the fact that there were other fatalities does not diminish your
point.

Paul Nixon