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January 20, 2010
Yeager Airport save 6th in U.S. for emergency-stop system
33 people were aboard when US Airways Express jet skidded off end of runway
Chris Dorst
Skid marks that extend nearly 1,000 feet down the main runway at Yeager Airport end in the crushed concrete blocks of an Engineered Materials Arresting System overlooking downtown Charleston.
Sorry for the dumb question, but why are there 1000 ft of skid marks? A/SKID isn't MELable, or is it? But if it was MEL'd then V1 would have been reduced. And if it was functional, it would have prevented skidding for 1000 feet, right?
Not going anywhere with this other than thinking there shouldn't have been skid marks.