Incidents
After the December 8, 2005 overshoot of Southwest Airlines Flight 1248 at Chicago Midway International Airport, which is located in a heavily congested area, an EMAS was installed on Rwy 13C/31C.
On October 13, 2006, New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez's private jet was brought to a halt safely by the EMAS installation at Burbank Airport. The system was installed after the 2000 Southwest Airlines Flight 1455 runway overshoot that injured 43 passengers and the captain.
On January 19, 2010, PSA Airlines Canadair CRJ-200 N246PS performing flight JIA-2495/US-2495 from Charleston, WV (CRW) to Charlotte, North Carolina (CLT) on behalf of US Airways with 30 passengers and 3 crew, overran the runway following a rejected take-off at 16:13 local time (21:13 UTC). The aircraft was stopped by the EMAS at the end of the runway, sustaining minor damage to its landing gear doors. The aircraft was prevented from plunging down the mountainside at the end of the runway.
On October 1, 2010, a private Gulfstream IV jet overshot the runway at Teterboro Airport and was safely stopped by the EMAS installation. No injuries were reported.
As of October 8, 2010 (2010 -10-08) the EMAS installed at New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport in 1999 has successfully stopped three aircraft, including a Boeing 747.
On November 2, 2011, a twin-engine Cessna Citation crash landed in Key West. The flight, which originated in Fort Lauderdale with 3 passengers and 2 crew, had a brake failure upon landing in Key West and was successfully stopped by the airport's newly installed EMAS. Only minor injuries were reported.
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—Walter Bagehot (1826–1877)