Inside an aircraft emergency drill at Richmond International Airport

Inside an aircraft emergency drill at Richmond International Airport

RICHMOND, Va. It's an airport emergency you hope never to experience: a Boeing 737 crashing into a Gulf Stream 6 private jet while attempting to land.But as bad as it seemed, the controlled chaos at Richmond International Airport on Thursday morning was just a drill.Everything from the lights, victims, and overall response were made to look real to test plans, policies and procedures in a realistic environment."What we don't want to do is find a…

RIC Conducts Full-Scale Triennial Emergency Response Exercise - Richmond International Airport

Richmond, Va – Richmond International Airport (RIC) will conduct a full-scale emergency response exercise starting at approximately 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 15. The airport anticipates no impact to normal operations during the training exercise and will post signs in the terminal building and broadcast announcements over the public address system in the terminal building to advise airport customers that an emergency response simulation is in p…