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nicce
27 days ago
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Jeju Air Jet Crashes in South Korea With Over 170 ...
Would it be reasonable to increase the length of the runway (or longer non-blocking area) based on these incidents, even if they are extremely rare.
EthicalSimilar
27 days ago
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Do gravel traps work with planes..?
kashunstva
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Engineered Material Arresting System (EMAS) are installed in the overrun area of many but certainly not all runways. No idea about this airport. And I’m not sure how effective EMAS is in a gear-up landing such as this accident.
orbital-decay
27 days ago
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EMAS does not help in a belly landing at all. It's engineered to be crushed by the wheels.
cjrp
27 days ago
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There’s similar
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineered_materials_arresto...
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