FAA Counts Seven Aircraft Saves From EMAS

Credit: Nick Keller/Yeager Airport
The layer of crushed concrete positioned at the terminus of 51 obstacle-ridden runways in the U.S. has accounted for seven aircraft saves, the latest when a Gulfstream G4 ground to a halt Oct. 1 at Teterboro (N.J.) Airport, its landing gear entrenched in what the FAA refers to as Engineered Material...

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