Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20161028:11:03:00
Short runway like the one that some 7,700 feet just over a mile at laguardia and it's called engineered material arresting systems. what they're calling these cement boxes that crumbled underneath the plane as it went too far. . tell us about them and why you think they were so important here. >> it was a real game changer in this case. the emas system has been installed in recent years at a number of airports in congested areas that don't have a long overrun. think of when you land in a place like atlanta hartsfield or dallas-ft. worth a lot of grass between the end of the runway and the rest...