Mangalore: Even as the May 2010 aircrash is still fresh in the minds of Mangaloreans, the Mangalore airport witnessed another ‘disaster’ at 4 pm on May 29, 2014, claiming six ‘lives’ just outside the airport, following which all the disaster fighting mechanisms, viz., Airport Authority of India (AAI), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Karnataka State Fire and Emergency Service (KSFS), District Disaster Management Committee, Ambulance services, Medical aid rushed to the spot as a part of rescue operation.
The 67 passengers who were in the ill-fated flight were immediately categorized --- those who need immediate care, delayed care, minor care etc according to the gravity of the injuries they ‘suffered’.
It was heart-rendering to witness the screaming and scrambling of the injured ones with burnt flesh melting out of their body. Quite a few were wincing in pain on the ground unable to get up. The entire area was choked with stink of burnt flesh and metal parts. The fire and rescue personnel and medical aid team shifted the injured in no time to the nearby make-shift tents and provided first-aid. They were taken to nearby hospitals thereafter.
It was the once in a two year mock drill unfolded at the outer of the airport, to check the preparedness and efficiency of the authorities concerned to deal with a major disaster situation. In the exercise, a miniature-model of an aircraft was put on fire.
29/04/14 Deccan Herald
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The 67 passengers who were in the ill-fated flight were immediately categorized --- those who need immediate care, delayed care, minor care etc according to the gravity of the injuries they ‘suffered’.
It was heart-rendering to witness the screaming and scrambling of the injured ones with burnt flesh melting out of their body. Quite a few were wincing in pain on the ground unable to get up. The entire area was choked with stink of burnt flesh and metal parts. The fire and rescue personnel and medical aid team shifted the injured in no time to the nearby make-shift tents and provided first-aid. They were taken to nearby hospitals thereafter.
It was the once in a two year mock drill unfolded at the outer of the airport, to check the preparedness and efficiency of the authorities concerned to deal with a major disaster situation. In the exercise, a miniature-model of an aircraft was put on fire.
29/04/14 Deccan Herald
