Fire fighters put out the fire at a mock air crash at Phnom Penh International Airport during the Full Scale Airport Emergency Exercise 2007 September 12, 2007. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
People pretending to be victims in a mock air crash lie on the ground at Phnom Penh International Airport during the Full Scale Airport Emergency Exercise 2007 September 12, 2007. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea 
Rescue workers remove "wounded" from a mock air crash at Phnom Penh International Airport during the Full Scale Airport Emergency Exercise 2007 September 12, 2007. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea 
A soldier patrols while rescue workers remove "wounded" from a mock air crash at Phnom Penh International Airport during the Full Scale Airport Emergency Exercise 2007 September 12, 2007. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea 12-09-2007
By Kong Sothanarith
Cambodge Soir
Translated from French by Luc Sâr
The management of the Pochentong Airport wants to measure the efficiency of the emergency rescue, as well as the efficiency of the chain of information of the emergency operation center by setting up a full scale exercise.
The Phnom Penh International Airport organized on Wednesday 12 September, a simulation of an emergency operation during a plane crash. The exercise follows the crash of a PMT Airlines plane a few month ago, in the Kampot province, where 22 people died. “The goal of this exercise is to provide emergency during a plane accident, mainly a plane crash. We must test the command procedure for an emergency, evaluate the efficiency of the information recorded on the spot, and the follow up of this information by the Emergency operation Center. This is not about an operation related to terrorist action on an airplane,” Khek Norinda, the marketing and communication director of the Société Concessionaire des Aéroports (SCA), said. The exercise took place inside the military airport during a slow period of air traffic. Some 400 personnel involved would be participating in the exercise, they come from the national disaster management department, from Phnom Penh Hospitals, as well as from the police forces.
The Phnom Penh International Airport organized on Wednesday 12 September, a simulation of an emergency operation during a plane crash. The exercise follows the crash of a PMT Airlines plane a few month ago, in the Kampot province, where 22 people died. “The goal of this exercise is to provide emergency during a plane accident, mainly a plane crash. We must test the command procedure for an emergency, evaluate the efficiency of the information recorded on the spot, and the follow up of this information by the Emergency operation Center. This is not about an operation related to terrorist action on an airplane,” Khek Norinda, the marketing and communication director of the Société Concessionaire des Aéroports (SCA), said. The exercise took place inside the military airport during a slow period of air traffic. Some 400 personnel involved would be participating in the exercise, they come from the national disaster management department, from Phnom Penh Hospitals, as well as from the police forces.
2 comments:
Too bad that we do not know how much the American have donated for this Full Scale Airport Emergency Exercise.
It's rare cambodians have initiatives like that. Is it come from the command of big bro Daay Dek Hun Sen ?
Let's hope they had more medicines than guns for this kind of emergency rescue. To save lives don't necessarily mean you have look cool as well.
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