Overview

• A Gulfstream G150 arriving from Baltimore/Washington touched down roughly halfway down a wet 5,000-foot Runway 34 at Chicago Executive and overran before an EMAS bed stopped it short of Hintz Road.
• The jet plowed through the crushable blocks and a perimeter fence but remained on airport property; both pilots were unhurt and no motorists were affected.
• Airport officials estimate about 20% damage to the north EMAS bed; crews removed broken blocks and reopened the runway the same night, with repairs planned.
• The FAA and NTSB opened investigations, and FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford praised EMAS after separate incidents in Chicago and at Boca Raton, where a Challenger 300 also stopped without injuries.
• The FAA says EMAS can stop most overruns up to about 70 knots and is installed on 118 runway ends at 69 U.S. airports, with recent funding including an $8.5 million project in Philadelphia.