Salalah airport to hold emergency response exercise

Muscat: Salalah airport will conduct a full scale emergency response exercise on Tuesday, December 24.

In a statement issued online, Oman Airports said: “Salalah Airport will carry out a comprehensive Full Scale Emergency Response Exercise inside the airport. This step comes within its commitment to uphold the highest standards of response to emergency situations under the supervision of actors from the General Civil Aviation Authority and with the participation of strategic partners.”

The exercise will take place at the airport from 8am to 10am. “Therefore the emergency vehicles such as ambulances and police cars will be moving from the airport to hospitals and vice versa.”

“This Exercise is organized in participation and cooperation with our strategic partners from Royal Oman Police represented by Dhofar Governorate, the Directorate General of Airport Security, Royal Air force of Oman, Public Authority for Civil Defence and Ambulance, the Ministry of Defense represented by the Military Hospital, Engineering Services in Salalah, Sultan Qaboos Hospital, Crisis Management and Emergency Centre, and Ground Handling Services Unit.” Oman Airports added .