• Runway safety is concerned with reducing harm that could occur on an aircraft runway. Safety means avoiding incorrect presence (incursion) of aircraft...
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    A runway safety area (RSA) or runway end safety area (RESA, if at the end of the runway) is defined as "the surface surrounding the runway prepared or...
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    A runway excursion is a runway safety incident in which an aircraft makes an inappropriate exit from the runway. There are several types of runway excursions:...
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    Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a human-made...
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    terrain 21%, runway excursions 17%, system or component failure: 6%, Touchdown off the runway: 5%, Abnormal Runway Contact: 4% and fire: 2%. Safety has improved...
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    instrument landing system (ILS) interference can exist. At present, various runway safety technologies and processes are commonly employed to reduce the risk...
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  • turbine engines, auxiliary power units, brakes, wheels, synthetic vision, runway safety systems, and other avionics. A Honeywell APU was used in the notable...
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    officials described the runway incursion as the most serious incident of its kind in at least a decade, and the National Transportation Safety Board carried out...
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    gates, five with Jet bridges and five with stairs. The airport had a runway safety area, built in 1999–2000 as a consequence of the crash of Cubana de...
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    Deficiencies Impede Integration of Runway Safety Technologies" (PDF). US Department of Transportation. Retrieved May 28, 2021. RUNWAY STATUS LIGHTS SYSTEM: Engineering...
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