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Maybe the end of an airport runway should be some form of elastic plane-load rated material & not essentially a solid wall.

• buildsjets 2y ago
  There is such a system available. It’s called EMAS. It’s unclear if it installed at this airport and if this accident was within it’s capabilities, if it was installed. But it did save Mike Pence once. Also A-Rod. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineered_materials_arrestor_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineered_materials_arrestor_...
  • jamai123 2y ago
    it was installed on 2019 but still question to Lee Kun-Tse (李昆澤) why that concrete high barier was installed even there is a easier way to install antennas which would definitelly prevent from that tragedy? Please have a look on the links below describing that issue: https://x.com/galvmonse/status/1873422952697655589 https://x.com/galvmonse/status/1873422952697655589 https://x.com/jamai_on/status/1873648523255881947 https://x.com/jamai_on/status/1873648523255881947
• sokoloff 2y ago
  EMAS is common ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineered_materials_arrestor_system https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineered_materials_arresto... ), but many airports are built in areas where you’re inherently locked in and there’s a choice of runway, EMAS, grass overrun, but a fixed total distance available.
  • MoreMoore 2y ago
    Not sure what you understand with "common". According to that wiki page, EMAS is installed on 112 runways in the US and there are over 1000 commercial runways in the US (as of 2007: https://www.icao.int/Meetings/AMC/MA/2007/9CCARDCA/9ccardcaip07.pdf https://www.icao.int/Meetings/AMC/MA/2007/9CCARDCA/9ccardcai...). There are only 15 non-US installations and none of them are in South Korea.