Engineered Materials Arresting Systems, runway cushion safety technology, has been installed at Philadelphia International Airport, and is designed to help stop an aircraft that overruns the end of the runway.
The mesh-concrete padding is actually meant to be crushed.
It almost encapsulates the plane's landing gear to bring it to a complete stop.
Of 24 real-world arrestments from 747s to business jets, it's been 100% successful
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