LAX To Test Readiness For Aircraft Accident
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles International Airport will conduct a full-scale exercise to test the readiness of firefighters and other emergency crews to handle an aircraft accident.
The two-hour simulation scheduled Wednesday morning is required by the Federal Aviation Administration.
Some 500 firefighters and other emergency responders will take part, along with 150 volunteers role-playing as victims.
Pyrotechnics will simulate a crash and fire. The drill will include a static Boeing 777 aircraft, a debris field and LAX's six new aircraft firefighting apparatus.
Some 200 officials will observe the exercise
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