Midway Nears Completion Of Runway Safety Zone System

Chicago Midway has almost finished building the first of two Engineered Materials Arresting Systems (EMAS), a 1,000-foot safety buffer zone at the end of Runway 31-C. A Southwest 737 skidded off the runway at Midway Dec. 8, 2005, causing the city of Chicago to announce plans to install EMAS (DAILY...

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