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GCAPL "Bird Strike II" - (PT 2 - The rescue)

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GCAPL "Bird Strike II" - (PT 2 - The rescue)

by xerubus on Wed Mar 15, 2006 8:07 pm

Gold Coast Airport Pty Ltd (GCAPL) tested its Airport Emergency Plan during a field exercise titled "Bird Strike II", which took place on the western side of the airport.

GCAPL Chief Operating Officer Paul Donovan said the "Bird Strike II" field exercise would enable airport staff and local emergency service agencies to practise their response, command, and control functions in the event of an aircraft crash on the airport.

"It is an International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) requirement that Airport Emergency Plans be practised," Mr Donovan said.

"The exercise involves responses from emergency services to a simulated aircraft incident on airport.

The field exercise is based on a crash of an aircraft operating from Melbourne to Gold Coast Airport carrying 177 passengers. On crossing the Tweed River, the aircraft strikes a flock of birds and the aircraft's engines lose power. The airport receives a distress call and a full emergency landing is put into practice.