St. John’s International Airport is shoring up its emergency preparedness today with intensive on-site training exercises.
The director of operations at YYT, Wayne Morris, says full-scale drills, completed every two years, are essential in their overall emergency planning.
For example, he notes earlier this week a Boeing 767 from Europe made an emergency landing in the capital city when the smell of smoke was detected on board.
Morris says responders are dealing with a simulated crash landing, as well as a security scenario as part of today’s mock disaster.
Police, fire departments, the Red Cross and numerous other agencies are involved in today’s exercise which is expected to wrap up by mid-afternoon.