Emergency drill at Sharjah International Airport
Exercise to ensure airport’s readiness to face various emergencies
The Department of Civil Aviation, Sharjah, conducted an emergency exercise at Sharjah International Airport yesterday morning with several government departments, partners and stakeholders taking part.
They included representatives of major airlines, Sharjah Aviation Services, General Directorate of Civil Defence in Sharjah, Sharjah Police, National Ambulance, Sharjah Customs, General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs-Sharjah, Red Crescent and other entities.
The exercise was attended also by Shaikh Khalid Bin Issam Al Qasimi, Chairman of Sharjah Civil Aviation Department; Ali Salim Al Midfa, Chairman of Sharjah Airport Authority; Shaikh Sultan Bin Abdullah Al Thani, Director of Department of Civil Aviation, Sharjah; Shaikh Faisal Bin Saoud Al Qasimi, Director of the Sharjah Airport Authority and Major General Saif Al Ziri Al Shamsi, Commander-in-Chief of Sharjah Police, in addition to other officials.
The exercise that took three hours was to ensure the efficiency of airport systems and its readiness to face various emergencies.
The exercise scenario for this year tested the airport’s ability to deal with the threat of bombs as the exercise showed the readiness of all participants to deal with the crisis and the efficiency of communications, responses, procedures and designated facilities to deal with a bomb explosion scenario.