{"id":457805,"date":"2026-09-09T02:24:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T02:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/457805\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T02:24:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T02:24:15","slug":"what-if-a-plane-overshoots-the-runway-at-san-diego-intl-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/457805\/","title":{"rendered":"What if a plane overshoots the runway at San Diego Int&#8217;l Airport?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kpbs.org\/news\/national\/2026\/09\/06\/scene-at-miami-airport-where-five-died-described-as-utter-devastation\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Amazon cargo plane overshot the runway<\/a> Sunday at Miami International Airport, killing five people and leaving the pilot and co-pilot with minor injuries, you might wonder what would happen if the same situation unfolded here.<\/p>\n<p>Since the crash, some have speculated that an Engineered Materials Arresting System (EMAS) could\u2019ve stopped the 767 before lives were lost. <\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"The EMAS at San Diego International Airport is shown from the ground on Sept. 8, 2026.\" width=\"880\" height=\"542\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788920653_749_.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>            The EMAS at San Diego International Airport is shown from the ground on Sept. 8, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>An EMAS is basically crumbled concrete that a plane sinks into, bringing it to a stop. There is an EMAS at the west end of San Diego International\u2019s single runway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe first got our EMAS in 2006. We got a newer one installed in 2021,\u201d said Mark Taylor, a senior airside operations duty manager at the airport. <\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s in charge of the safety of the runway and all areas where there\u2019s movement on the ground. That means he\u2019s something of an expert when it comes to the EMAS system.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s like a sand or a pit that catches a truck (when their brakes fail),&#8221; Taylor said. &#8220;This is the same idea where it\u2019s designed to catch an airplane.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"Mark Taylor, a Senior Airside Operations Duty Manager at San Diego International, is shown at the airport on Sept. 8, 2026.\" width=\"880\" height=\"542\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788920654_223_.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>            Mark Taylor, a Senior Airside Operations Duty Manager at San Diego International, is shown at the airport on Sept. 8, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>If a plane ran into the EMAS here, the runway would have to be closed for an investigation, Taylor said. But he said the airport would be ready to replace the EMAS quickly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can replace the panels, so it\u2019s not a one-use and it\u2019s done,&#8221; Taylor said.<br \/>&#8220;We\u2019ve got extra panels on site so that if we were to have use one, we can remove the aircraft, remove the panels that were destroyed, so that it\u2019s back in business and then we can open the runway again.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"A plane is shown taking off from San Diego International Airport on August 8, 2026.\" width=\"880\" height=\"542\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788920655_288_.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>            A plane is shown taking off from San Diego International Airport on August 8, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>San Diego\u2019s EMAS has never been used. But if a situation like in Miami were to unfold here, at least there\u2019s a good chance it wouldn\u2019t end with the loss of life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After an Amazon cargo plane overshot the runway Sunday at Miami International Airport, killing five people and leaving&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":457806,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[74,76,75],"class_list":["post-457805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}