New 150-metre regulations for runway-end safety areas expected this year; pilot association says 300 metres is needed

There have been 136 overruns since the infamous Air France Flight 358 at Toronto's Pearson International Airport in August 2005.

In November, Sky Lease Cargo Boeing 747-400 overran a runway at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport, stopping metres short of a public road. Photograph courtesy of Transportation Safety Board/Flickr

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BY NEIL MOSS

February 25, 2019

Transportation Canada says regulations for runway-end safety areas (RESA) are coming this year, as a pilot association calls on Canadian airports to meet international standards. In November, a Boeing 737 cargo plane overran the Halifax Stanfield International Airport when attempting to land in wet...

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