Thank to a federal grant to improve airport infrastructure Engineered Materials Arresting Systems, or EMAS, has been installed at Philadelphia International Airport (PHL). The innovative safety technology is deigned to make emergency takeoff or landing scenarios safer and less destructive.

Coverage by ABC 6 states that runway 8-26 is the first to receive the new safety cushion. Similar to a runaway truck ramp on the interstate, the EMAS is sacrificed when the aircraft enters the cushion and slows it down in a way similar to a sand trap.

Making America’s Airports Safer

Federally provided funding to the tune of $8.5 million dollars made the installation of the new system possible. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Philadelphia Airport launched the project in Septe

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