After several runway overruns/runway excursion had caused severe damage to aircraft and injuries to passengers, the FAA decided to come up with a solution. A system had to be developed that is capable of stopping aircraft, small and large, after they overrun a runway. Various materials were tested to find out how to assist these pilots of planes in emergency situations, or after they had operated their aircraft in an unsafe manner.

Find out with me in this video how this system called EMAS (engineered material arresting system was created.

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