Overview
- The Learjet 60, which overran a runway Monday around 6:30 p.m., came to a stop in Teterboro’s Engineered Materials Arresting System.
- EMAS is a bed of crushable concrete at the runway end that collapses under an aircraft’s weight to slow and stop it.
- Officials said six people were aboard the private jet and none were hurt.
- Airport operations paused for about an hour as Port Authority Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting crews responded.
- The FAA reported roughly 45-minute departure delays, and the runway reopened around 7:30 p.m. as the cause remains under investigation.