ROANOKE, Va. Passengers are sharing their experiences after a United Airlines flight overshot the runway at Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport on Wednesday night.

The flight from Dulles International Airport made a hard landing around 10 p.m. and continued rolling until it hit a bed of crushable concrete blocks designed to stop aircraft safely.

"It suddenly went down at a very hard and very late landing," passenger Steve Harrison told WDBJ.

The safety system, called an Engineered Materials Arrestor System (EMAS), is specifically designed for shorter runways like the one in Roanoke.

"I've never felt plane brakes go on so strongly before," Debra Tatar said.

The plane was carrying 53 passengers. No injuries were reported, though the incident gave many people a scare.

Passengers aboard

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