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A "lifesaving" technology prevented a mid-size jet from overshooting the runway and sliding into a freeway last week

On Sept. 3, a plane landing at the Boca Raton Airport in Florida rapidly decelerated after hitting a ground material known as EMAS

The same technology prevented another potentially catastrophic incident in Chicago on the same day

A game-changing invention prevented an aircraft from a potentially deadly crash in Boca Raton, Fla. last week.

In a video provided by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), a Bombardier Challenger 300 plane is seen barreling down the runway at Boca Raton Airport on Wednesday, Sept. 3. The mid-size business jet overshot its landing and went sliding past the runway’s end.

Beyond the runway is a major freeway with busy traf

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