When The Engineered Material Arresting System Works Perfectly

The EMAS technology improves safety in cases where land is not available, or not possible to have the standard 1,000-foot overrun.

A standard EMAS installation can stop an aircraft from overrunning the runway at approximately 80 miles per hour.

An EMAS arrestor bed can be installed to help slow or stop an aircraft that overruns the runway, even if less than a standard RSA length is available.

Southwest Airlines flight WN278 from Oakland suffered a runway excursion on landing on runway 08 at Hollywood Burbank Airport on December 6th, 2018.

The aircraft was stopped by the Engineered Material Arresting System (EMAS) at the end of the runway.

There were no reported injuries among the 112 passengers and five crewmembers. 

Weather reported about the incident time (1704Z): 
KBUR 061715Z 29008KT 1SM +RA BR FEW005 BKN013 OVC031 08/08 A2993 RMK AO2 AIRCRAFT MISHAP P0026 T00830078 
KBUR 061653Z 28011KT 1 1/2SM +RA BR FEW004 OVC013 08/08 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP122 P0033 T00830083