Training with two casualties and many wounded

All airports in the Aena network have a self-protection plan, Aim to reduce The consequences that may arise from an aircraft accident or any other accident at its facilities, the state company stated in a memorandum.

This plan is updated by organizing general air emergency drills (every two years) and partial periodic drills. This Wednesday exercise is part of the first of the two groups, although they all seek the same goal: analysis Reaction of concerned groups And achieving optimal coordination between them.

The exercises revolved around A Executive jet aircraft Which, for unknown reasons, aborted the landing, and when it attempted to take off again, it crashed next to the main runway 03, causing it to catch fire.

Upon noticing what has happened, the control tower alerts the Operations Center (CEOPS), which informs the Airport Fire Service (SEI) and activates Self-protection planAnnouncing a general warning and calling 112 to request their participation.

As soon as they receive the notification, firefighters head to the accident site to control the fire in the critical area, reach the plane, and extinguish the fire inside it. air out And rescue those passengers who could not get out on their own.

Aircraft evacuation

Once the plane was evacuated, the injured were classified by the medical staff, to determine the extent of urgency required for evacuation. Medical care To each of them. Of the ten passengers on the plane, two died, and the rest were unharmed or injured to varying degrees of seriousness.

Part of the training focused on caring for the families of the victims, as a special room for psychological care was activated for them. For every plane crash victim, several family members usually travel to the airport. Closest environmentWhich indicates the importance of testing existing protocols in this field.

Staff from different groups, both from Aena and from external organizations, participated in implementing this simulation. As for the internal media, as reported by Aena, the main personnel involved are the airport management, SEI, CEOPS and maintenance technicians, as well as AFIS technicians from the control tower, security guards, the handling agent South (the company that provides ground service to airlines) and Exolum (the fuel supplier for aircraft).

Firefighters, 061 and IES Galilee students

Regarding external matters, the Contact Point or PECO (responsible for coordinating the care of victims and relatives), Emergency Situations 112 Andalusia, the Regional Civil Protection Service, and the local police of Córdoba intervened. Firefighters in Cordoba061, College of Psychologists of Cordoba and students from the Galileo Galilei Institute (in this case, as extras).

With this exercise, Córdoba Airport complies with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) regulations regarding emergency planning at airports, but also with the legislation applied in this regard by national, regional and local administrations, AENA reported.