YESTERDAY EVENING AT 1620 HRS (4:20 pm) PVFD WAS NOTIFIED TO RESPOND AN ENGINE AND RESCUE TO YEAGER AIRPORT TO ASSIST STATION 27 (AIR NATIONAL GUARD FIRE DEPT.) ON A LEVEL 3 RESPONSE. USAIRWAYS FLIGHT 2495 BOUND FOR CHARLOTTE ABORTED IT'S TAKE OFF DUE TO A REPORTED ELECTRICAL ALARM. THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY POWERED DOWN BEFORE TAKE OFF AND SLID THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED "EMAS" (EMERGENCY MATERIAL ARRESTING SYSTEM) FIELD. THERE WERE 30 PEOPLE ON BOARD INCLUDING ONE INFANT. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE PLANE STOPPED APPROXIMATELY 100' BEFORE SLIDING OVER THE HILLSIDE. CONSTRUCTION ON THE EMAS STARTED IN 2007 AND COST ROUGHLY $13 MILLION DOLLARS TO COMPLETE. FOR MORE DETAILS CLICK ON THE LINKS BELOW.
