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Midway Accident Prompts Questions About Short Runways

Features • December 19, 2005
A New Federal Law Encourages Airports to Build Safety Zones or Extend Runways by 2015 A deadly accident in which a Boeing 737 slid off the end of a snowy Chicago runway on Dec. 8 brought renewed ...

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Subject: Lengthen Short Runways

Posted On: January 29, 2007, 6:08 pm CST
Posted By: Sim Hitzel
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Cities like Chicago have a responsibility to provide adequate runways, even if that includes aquiring land to extend runways. It is the responsibility of Congress to ensure airports provide safe interstate commerce.

A solution like EMAS can appear to be a panacea, however this reduces available runway length and diverts funding from the most economical solution: extending runways and safety zones.
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