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		wongarsu on June 3, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Driving on the Autobahn There are plenty of countries that would have opened BER in the state it was in 5 years ago, either sweeping problems under the rug or fixing them during operation. The airport is as much a testament to bad construction as it is to safety inspections and rules trumping economic interest.

Patrick_Devine on June 4, 2019 [–]

When you kill 17 people and have to reconstruct multiple airport terminals due to fire (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%BCsseldorf_Airport#D%C3%B...), you want to make certain you don't have a repeat.

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