As per international regulations, a full-scale emergency rescue exercise is being conducted at the airport every two years.
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A full emergency rescue exercise was conducted at the Gautam Buddha International Airport here on Friday morning. As per international rules, full emergency rescue exercises are conducted every two years. According to the airport, a partial emergency rescue exercise was conducted last year.
Such exercises are being conducted to see how to effectively carry out emergency rescue work in the event of an accident at the international airport. ‘This exercise is being conducted to see how to effectively carry out rescue work in the event of an accident at the international airport,’ said Shyam Kishore Sah, acting general manager of Gautam Buddha Airport. ‘It is an exercise to reduce the loss of life and property due to such accidents.’ According to him, in the partial exercise, minimal damage is shown in an aircraft accident. In the full exercise, the exercises are being conducted by imagining that there is human loss.
The exercise led by the airport on Friday was attended by the district administration, services, armed and Nepali police, hospitals, Red Cross, blood transfusion, ambulance service providers, representatives of airline companies, and representatives of social organizations.
During the exercise, a model of a plane flying from Thailand to Bhairahawa crashing and catching fire on the runway of Gautam Buddha Airport was demonstrated. After the plane caught fire, the fire was extinguished by fire engines there. Security personnel were immediately deployed for rescue.
The injured were immediately taken to the hospital by ambulance. The minor injured were given first aid at the airport. For this, a coordination, rescue and command team was formed with the participation of the concerned bodies in the district. ‘The emergency rescue exercise was conducted for quick rescue, medical treatment and blocked airport communication,’ said Acting General Manager Sah, ‘Communication among stakeholders is of great importance during rescue operations. The sooner the news from the tower reaches the airport administration as soon as an accident occurs, the faster the coordination work will be done. The sooner the information can be conveyed to the rescue agencies, the less damage will be done.’
For quick rescue, efficiency is required to work in rescue operations. He said that such an exercise was conducted as a training to achieve efficiency. Along with the airport employees, the exercise was attended by the 22nd Battalion Commander of the Nepali Army in Butwal, Assistant Lieutenant Colonel Bimal Raj Sharma, Chief of Kalibhakti Battalion, Birendra Bahadur Singh, Superintendent of Police Janak Shahi, Superintendent of Armed Police Nawaraj Bohara, Assistant Chief District Officer Meghnath Padhya, Superintendent of Police of Gautam Buddha Airport Pushparaj Malla, and representatives from government offices, hospitals and medical colleges.’
