Regulations and Government
Bizjets Make Up Majority of EMAS Arrestments
Since the first engineered materials arrest system was installed in 1999, there have been 15 incidents where an aircraft has rolled onto one in an overrun.

Since the first engineered materials arrest system (EMAS) was installed in 1999 at JFK International Airport, there have been 15 incidents where an aircraft has rolled onto an EMAS during an overrun, the FAA said. The first such encounter was by a Saab 340 at JFK in May 1999, while the most recent incident involved an Embraer Phenom 100 at Kansas City Downtown Airport in February.