Originally Posted by
red_dirt
yeahnah sorta, the chances of the AC touching down on the foam blanket AND stopping on the foam blanket is pretty slim and foaming an entire runway just to make sure would cost about 100k in foam not to mention, the trucks don’t carry enough to even do that.
It’s a bit old school
There are a few videos around of firey's foaming part of the runway in preparation for a wheels-up - and the aircraft then missing the foam patch completely. As if the over-worked pilot has nothing else to focus on at the time.
