Weihai International Airport organized an apron oil spill emergency disposal drill
18/May/2019
In order to timely and effectively dispose oil spills incidents in the apron, strengthen the fine management of safety production, ensure the smooth operation of the apron, and in accordance with the requirements of safety and security, combined with the actual operation of the airport, Weihai International Airport revised the apron oil spill Emergency Disposal Plan at Weihai International Airport., and organized emergency response drills. The plan further clarified the organization leadership, information notification, mobilization and rescue force, transportation emergency materials, on-site disposal and work responsibilities and disposal measures of the departments in the event of oil spills in the apron; it was also ensured smooth and organized information on the disposal process. The measures are in a orderly manner and effective.
Recently, Weihai International Airport and China Aviation Oil Weihai Supply Station jointly organized an apron oil spill emergency disposal drill. In order to ensure the safe and smooth operation of the exercise, Weihai International Airport and China Aviation Oil Weihai Supply Station made careful preparations for this emergency drill, and set up a special drill group to formulate a drill plan in advance. More than 60 representatives from various relevant security departments of the airport, China Aviation Oil Weihai Supply Station, Airport Public Security Bureau, Air China, China Eastern Airlines, Korean Air, Asiana Airlines and Jeju Air participated in the exercise.
The drill was started at 13:30 in the afternoon. During the boarding progress of Blue Sky Aviation Flight 456, the crew found that the aircraft wing fuel tank leaked a lot of oil. After the aircraft crew found the aircraft oil spill situation, they quickly reported to the airport operation command center. The operation command center immediately started the emergency disposal procedures, and the commanded field, fuel, fire, public security, medical and other departments to quickly arrive. Upon arrival at the scene, the field department immediately organized personnel to use the oil absorbent pads, oil booms, fire-fighting sand, fire-fighting shovel, fire-fighting bottle and other fire-fighting tools to dispose the jet fuel; the security guard and the airport public security bureau exercised vigilance against the oil spill site for preventing unrelated persons and vehicles entering the danger zone; the Passenger Service Department quickly organized evacuation of passengers. The airport duty leader on the same day also rushed to the scene to conduct command and coordination. All types of support vehicles left the scene under the supervision of the fire department. After the end of the field operations, the fire protection was thoroughly flushed according to the apron oil spill disposal procedures. The emergency drill was closely related to the actual situation and started from actual combat. Through this drill, we tested the coordination capabilities, information transmission capabilities, organizational command capabilities, rapid response and effective disposal capabilities of the airport and CAO and other related units in the event of an oil spill on the apron. It has accumulated rich practical experience in the rapid response and proper disposal of similar emergencies.