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United Nations Peacekeeping
22 Jul
2011
22 Jul 11 - UNAMID conducts air accident exercise
22 July 2011 - The smoke seen billowing from the old El Fasher airport at 920 a.m. Friday 22 July was an aircraft accident exercise conducted by the UNAMID Aviation Section and Sudan Civil Aviation Authorities. The objective was to test the UNAMID fire unit's ability to organize response efforts in the case of an aircraft emergency, to review preparedness and to test equipment and fire extinguishing agents.
The emergency workers lit a controlled fire of tires and extinguished it with a chemical spray from a UNAMID airport firefighting truck The main hose emits 6,000 litres of fluid per minute. The director of El Fasher Airport and the chief air controller were among the Sudanese officials participating in fire response exercise, the first of its kind at this airport in four years. Today's event is one of a series of exercises testing all aspects of UNAMID's emergency response plan.
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