At about 07:03 EDT, an American Eagle Saab 340B was damaged during a runway overrun at John F. Kennedy International Airport. One passenger sustained a minor injury but 29 other occupants were uninjured. The pilots flew an ILS approach to runway 4R and touched down approximately 7,000 feet down the 8,400-foot-long runway. The airplane traveled off the end of the runway, over a speed bump and onto the Engineered Materials Arresting System. The airplane traveled approximately 214 feet across the 600 foot long EMAS, and the landing gear sank approximately 30 inches into the material. The incident was the first known operational use of the EMAS.
May 8, Jamaica, N.Y. / Saab 340B
At about 07:03 EDT, an American Eagle Saab 340B was damaged during a runway overrun at John F. Kennedy International Airport. One passenger sustained a minor injury but 29 other occupants were uninjured. The pilots flew an ILS approach to runway 4R and touched down approximately 7,000 feet down the 8,400-foot-long runway. The airplane traveled off the end of the runway, over a speed bump and onto the Engineered Materials Arresting System. The airplane traveled approximately 214 feet across the 600 foot long EMAS, and the landing gear sank approximately 30 inches into the material. The incident was the first known operational use of the EMAS....
Key Takeaways:
- An American Eagle Saab 340B overran runway 4R at JFK after touching down 7,000 feet down the 8,400-foot runway, resulting in one minor passenger injury.
- The aircraft came to a stop approximately 214 feet into an Engineered Materials Arresting System (EMAS), with the landing gear sinking 30 inches into the material.
- This incident marked the first known operational use of an EMAS to safely halt an aircraft during a runway overrun.
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