CJIAC carries out mandatory nighttime simulated aircraft crash exercise

Sep 29, 2012 News

A Partial Emergency Exercise involving a simulated aircraft crash at nighttime was conducted last Wednesday at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri.
According to management of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport Corporation (CJIAC), the execution of emergency exercises is a requirement as set out by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in their standards and regulations. All airports are required to regularly conduct exercises to test emergency plans, procedures, equipment, communications and the response of key personnel.

Firefighters carry out their duties

The exercise, which commenced at 19:25hrs and concluded at 20:15hrs, included approximately 100 persons from key agencies, including CJIA, Guyana Defence Force, Guyana Police Force, Airport Fire Service, Airport Security Unit, Guyana Civil Aviation Authority and Port Health.
Among the areas tested were the transmission of the emergency message to responding agencies;
the Aerodrome Fire Service’s response and capability in controlling the simulated burning aircraft wreckage; CJIAC personnel deploying portable emergency lighting around the simulated crash site; and deployment of security forces and establishment of casualty-processing facilities at the scene.
“The exercise was deemed successful by the CJIAC Emergency Committee, which met and reviewed the responses by the various stakeholders. CJIAC is expected to carry out a full scale emergency exercise in 2013,” the statement said.