River disaster exercise held
08.11.10
An emergency exercise was staged at Liverpool Airport yesterday. It is a requirement by the Civil Aviation Authority for airports hold a full emergency exercise every 2 years. This time, however, the airport took the opportunity to test the procedures in place should an aircraft be forced to make an emergency landing on the River Mersey.
The exercise lasted for approximately two hours, using the UK’s first floating aircraft simulator that was specifically built for the airport to test rescue procedures for aircraft forced to land on water. The multi-agency exercise also involved the RAF who used one of their Search and Rescue helicopters based at RAF Valley at Anglesey to assist with the simulated extrication and rescue of passengers on board an aircraft on the River Mersey.
Rescue crews from Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service, Merseyside Police, HM Coastguard, RNLI and the new NW Regional Ambulance Hazardous Area Response Teams (HART) also worked with the airport’s Fire and Rescue Service in dealing with the simulated incident. The airport operated as usual throughout the exercise and no passengers or airlines were affected by the training taking place.
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