Why They Clean Rubber from Airport Runways

Every time a plane lands, each tire leaves about one and a half pounds of rubber on the runway. When you consider that the John F Kennedy airport is the busiest airport in America and handles about 1,200 flights per day. With an average of 8 wheels per plane, that equates to about 11 pounds of rubber per plane or around 13,200 pounds or about 6000 kilograms of rubber left on the runways per day. It’s dangerous to leave that rubber on the runway and lights, and it needs to be cleaned off regularly. _______________________________________________________________________________ CREDIT LINKS IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE ► flugsnug Youtube Channel - @flugsnug ► Cargospotter Youtube Channel - @Cargospotter ► SydSquad Youtube Channel - @Sydsquad ► MULTEVO Youtube Channel - @MultihogUK ► Roidan Carlson Youtube Channel - @hemroidan ► Anhui Zhenda Brush Industry Youtube Channel - @ZhendaBrush _____________________________________________________________________ 🔔 🔔 WONDER WORLD VIDEO INFORMATION 🔔 🔔 ✅ For personal story suggestions or business enquiries about product stories / reviews, please contact me on my email from the ABOUT page. Note: All suggestions are welcome, but may not be chosen as they are not suitable for this channel. ❌ COPYRIGHT : Please do not ask for permission to use footage in this video, or the whole video itself, as the ownership of all footage remains that of the owners who gave me permission to use it. If you want to use any of the footage click on the links above and seek permission from the owners.