Crash resurrects airport `buffer zone' talk

The industrial and business parks near the east and west ends of Cable's landing area are considered a relatively low-density alternative development in areas where accidents are most likely to occur.

Jeff Baker, president of Alliance International Aviation flight school at Chino Airport, said a crash involving a flight school is also a rarity.

He said local flight schools are safe, but the media has zero tolerance for plane crashes.

"Cars drive off the road into people's houses all the time," he said. "It usually doesn't make headlines."

He said people are overly concerned about plane crashes.

"People tend to worry about the sky falling in on them," he said. "But really, if you look at the statistics, it's completely not true."

But Lompart remembers the open land that once stretched east of the airport where Monday's plane crash occurred.

If those homes weren't built, he said, "it wouldn't have happened."

Staff writer Megan Blaney contributed to this report.

Staff writer Mark Petix can be reached by e-mail at mark.petix@dailybulletin.com , or by phone at (909) 483-9355.

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