We all have been at an airport sometime or the other. Flying is fast catching up with railways as a popular means of travel and India is the third biggest aviation market in the world, on its way to become the second biggest! Currently, India has 73 functional airports. Of these, the Kempegowda Airport at Bengaluru is the third busiest airport in India, with 640 air movements (take-offs and landings) and over 90,000 people arriving and departing at the airport. Now, keeping an airport safe is a big task! And airports are one of the places where the risk of a fire breaking out is quite high, with aviation fuel (highly inflammable) stored in the aircrafts and tankers. This calls for every airport to have an efficient and a highly capable fire-fighting team and equipment.
And this is what brought us to Bengaluru airport in the first place. The Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) invited a handful of journalists to the Bengaluru Airport to witness the airport's fire-fighting team and machines in action. And after seeing the preparedness and the capabilities of the fire-fighting team, it would be safe to say that we were awestruck.
Starting with the best and the biggest, the Bengaluru airport has four Rosenbauer 6x6 fire trucks which have been exported from Austria. Out of the four, three are pressed into active service and one is a backup vehicle. In case of an emergency, the response time of these fire trucks, to anywhere within the vicinity of the airport, is just two minutes. Oh! And the specifications of the Panther 6x6 will blow you away!
The fire truck uses a Caterpillar engine which displaces 18,000 cc, making 703 bhp. And by no means is it a slouch! The truck does 0-80 kmph in less than 25 seconds and has a top speed of 120 kmph. No mean feat considering the truck weighs 40 tonnes and carries 12,500 litres of water, 1,500 litres of foam and 350 litres of fuel! We did not bother asking the fuel efficiency figures of the truck. We were lucky enough to get a quick spin on the Rosenbauer Panther 6x6 on the runway of the airport as well. It was scary but supremely enjoyable as well!
27/04/18 car and bike
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And this is what brought us to Bengaluru airport in the first place. The Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) invited a handful of journalists to the Bengaluru Airport to witness the airport's fire-fighting team and machines in action. And after seeing the preparedness and the capabilities of the fire-fighting team, it would be safe to say that we were awestruck.
Starting with the best and the biggest, the Bengaluru airport has four Rosenbauer 6x6 fire trucks which have been exported from Austria. Out of the four, three are pressed into active service and one is a backup vehicle. In case of an emergency, the response time of these fire trucks, to anywhere within the vicinity of the airport, is just two minutes. Oh! And the specifications of the Panther 6x6 will blow you away!
The fire truck uses a Caterpillar engine which displaces 18,000 cc, making 703 bhp. And by no means is it a slouch! The truck does 0-80 kmph in less than 25 seconds and has a top speed of 120 kmph. No mean feat considering the truck weighs 40 tonnes and carries 12,500 litres of water, 1,500 litres of foam and 350 litres of fuel! We did not bother asking the fuel efficiency figures of the truck. We were lucky enough to get a quick spin on the Rosenbauer Panther 6x6 on the runway of the airport as well. It was scary but supremely enjoyable as well!
27/04/18 car and bike
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