Foam arresters

A new aviation-safety device, designed to terminate runway overruns, has been installed at New York's JFK International Airport. The arrester system, located at the end of Runway 4R-22L, uses as many as 2,000 2.4 x 1.2m foam blocks of aerated, cellular cement to stop a wide body aircraft. JFK is ...

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