In accordance with the 2021 year plan of the Macao Facilitation and Security Committee, Macau International Airport conducts different types of exercise every year with the aim of training the government entities and operators involved in the airport search and rescue to deal with emergencies. The airport conducted the yearly full scale emergency exercise early this morning (10 November 2021) to simulate the scenario of an accident that occurred in the apron, the fuselage was damaged, the airport emergency plan was immediately activated to resolve the crisis. The exercise was concluded in a smooth manner and achieved its goal.

The exercise started at 02:30 with the simulation of an accident with the aircraft landing hard, two tires were damaged, debris from the main landing gear perforated fuel tank and eventually led to a fire in the left wing, the captain immediately declared emergency and requested to evacuate the passengers. When the accident was reported to the CAM-Macau International Airport Company Ltd., they immediately activated the airport emergency operations center to take charge of the accident. The Fire Services and the rescue team arrived on spot. Although there were a number of injuries resulting from the accident, with the assistance provided by and the cooperation between the participating entities, the injured were sent to hospital for medical treatment in a timely manner. The exercise was concluded at 5:30, all participating entities were able to act in accordance with the airport emergency plan as well as their own contingency plans. The whole exercise was deemed smooth. The number of participants was 350.    

The Health Bureau took the opportunity of this exercise to test the coordination of the rescue team for the handling of passengers from high-risk areas of COVID-19 with preventive measures, quarantine requirements as well as diverting different injuries to the appropriate locations for treatment, with the aim of further enhancing the cooperation among the rescue team.

The exercise was coordinated by CAM-Macau International Airport Company Ltd. with the participation of other entities including the Unitary Police Service, Macao Customs Service, Public Security Police Force, Judiciary Police, Fire Services Bureau, Health Bureau, Social Welfare Bureau, Marine and Water Bureau, Civil Aviation Authority, Macau Red Cross, Air Macau Company Ltd., Macau Security Company Ltd., and Menzies Macau Airport Services Ltd, the Macao Government Tourism Office took part in the exercise as observer.