Originally Posted by
safetypee
“Rolled to a stop !”
Considering that the aircraft stopped half way between the end of the runway and the airport wall / road, that is a lot of energy which has been absorbed. Not a ‘slow speed’ excursion then.
In addition to ‘Lawyers can be found in the grass at the end of the runway’
add
‘The sound of EMAS crunching is like lawyers’ cash registers at full speed.’
Peter Lemme has updated his blog, citing a number of FAA references on overrun prevention as well as design criteria for construction and certification of EMAS:
https://www.satcom.guru/2018/12/stop...ance.html#more
Near the bottom of the page:
An approximate 110 foot excursion into the EMAS occurred. This suggest that the airplane was travelling less than about 30 kntos.