Engineered Material Arresting System (EMAS)
- August 10, 2020
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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Subject: Science and tech
Context:
The Engineered Material Arresting System (EMAS) approved by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is one of the most common safety mechanisms in use around the world.
Concept:
- TheUS Federal Aviation Administration (FAA ) began conducting research in the 1990s to determine how to improve safety at airports where the full runway safety areas (RSA) cannot be obtained.
- EMAS uses crushable material placed at the end of a runway to stop an aircraft that overruns the runway.
- The tires of the aircraft sink into the lightweight material and the aircraft is decelerated as it rolls through the material.