Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International airport on Friday carried out a mock aircraft crash fire drill as part of efforts to test its preparedness for emergencies like crash and emergency landings.
Different teams equipped with fire tenders, ambulances, fire pits and other installations placed far away from the runway on new tarmac were alerted to join the mock drill and their response times were monitored.
Chief operating officer of airport operator Mihan India Private Limited (MIPL) Abadesh Prasad informed that fire tenders of airport, Nagpur Municipal Corporation, ambulances of Lata Mangeshkar Hospital, Hope Hospital along with a team of doctors took only a few minutes to reach the place.
The entire exercise was completed in 35 minutes, he said. The fire tenders of Nagpur airport and NMC at rescue service office located close to the runway took a couple of minutes to reach the spot. The rescue teams evacuated dummy bodies and brought the injured to a nearby hospital.
Prasad said that the drill was organized to deal with crash of an ATR aircraft with 25 passengers on board and situation was dealt with like a real emergency. During the drill, personnel involved were told that an aircraft had an emergency landing since it had caught fire in mid-air. There were also instructions given to staff that five persons were seriously injured and five had received minor injuries and one passenger was dead, Prasad added.
As of now Nagpur airport has four modern crash fire tenders (CFT) to handle such situations. As soon as the call was given, these tenders rushed out at the dummy aircraft parked at tarmac and retreated to far end of the airport after following emergency procedures.
Prasad said participating in such mock drill and conducting it regularly would only help improve the preparedness of the staff. The tenders and firefighting personnel would be able to respond better to real emergencies should they ever arise, he said. MIPL, Airport Authority of India (AAI), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), along with local administration, fire fighters and health officials participated at the mock drill.
Different teams equipped with fire tenders, ambulances, fire pits and other installations placed far away from the runway on new tarmac were alerted to join the mock drill and their response times were monitored.
Chief operating officer of airport operator Mihan India Private Limited (MIPL) Abadesh Prasad informed that fire tenders of airport, Nagpur Municipal Corporation, ambulances of Lata Mangeshkar Hospital, Hope Hospital along with a team of doctors took only a few minutes to reach the place.
The entire exercise was completed in 35 minutes, he said. The fire tenders of Nagpur airport and NMC at rescue service office located close to the runway took a couple of minutes to reach the spot. The rescue teams evacuated dummy bodies and brought the injured to a nearby hospital.
Prasad said that the drill was organized to deal with crash of an ATR aircraft with 25 passengers on board and situation was dealt with like a real emergency. During the drill, personnel involved were told that an aircraft had an emergency landing since it had caught fire in mid-air. There were also instructions given to staff that five persons were seriously injured and five had received minor injuries and one passenger was dead, Prasad added.
As of now Nagpur airport has four modern crash fire tenders (CFT) to handle such situations. As soon as the call was given, these tenders rushed out at the dummy aircraft parked at tarmac and retreated to far end of the airport after following emergency procedures.
Prasad said participating in such mock drill and conducting it regularly would only help improve the preparedness of the staff. The tenders and firefighting personnel would be able to respond better to real emergencies should they ever arise, he said. MIPL, Airport Authority of India (AAI), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), along with local administration, fire fighters and health officials participated at the mock drill.
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