Mock ‘Air Crash’ rescue operations at airport checks alertness of authorities

Mock ‘Air Crash’ rescue operations at airport checks alertness of authorities

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, Aipril 30, 2014: Scene 1 : An aircraft carrying 35 passengers  catches fire and  is engulfed in flames within a fraction of a second at the Mangalore International Airport.

Scene 2 : Rescue Agencies rush to the spot and carry out relief operations.

The above scenes were witnessed at the Mangalore Airport premises on April 29, Tuesday as part of a routine mock drill exercise.

 

First the model of the aircraft was set on fire using  some crude oil. Soon after ‘injured’ passengers were seen on the ground  crying for help. Soon after, the  Fire Service Wing vehicle of the airport rushes to the spot,  odours water and douses the fire.

The ‘injured’ were shifted  in ambulances which had rushed to the spot,. They were then shifted to the hospital.  Several senior officials were part of this mock drill exercise to check the alertness and preparedness of the authorities in times of such casualties.

JT. Radhakrishna, Director of Mangalore International Airport  said such mock drill  exercises are conducted  once in every two years  in the backdrop of the May 2010 air crash.

HS Varadarajan. Chief of the Fire Service Department, Mangalore Division said the Mangalore Airport Authority, CISF, police personnel, Fire Service Department, Health Department  as well as the ambulances, doctors, nurses of Wenlock, KMC, Fr Muller, Yenepoya, Bajpe Primary Health Centre were part of the mock drill exercise held under the leadership of Manjunath, Nodal Officer of the District Disaster Management Committee.