China Aviation Oil Guangxi cooperates to carry out emergency drills for spills

25/Aug/2020
At 08:53 on August 7th, the intercom of the dispatching room of Guilin Airlines gas station received an emergency call from the fueler: "Dispatcher, the oil was leaked from the ground well joint of the fuel tank at stand 08. The oil spill area is about 3 square meters,it is spreading and needs support.” After that, the dispatcher quickly reported the information to the duty manager, and checked whether there was a refueling truck near the stand, and notified him to arrive at stand 08 to assist in handling.

After receiving the information, the duty manager immediately contacted the airport site and requested firefighting support.
 
At 08:54, the manager on duty received the information and quickly arranged for rescuers on the scene to bring emergency equipment to the guard assembly. At 08:56,The fire brigade of Guilin Airport formed a 10-person fire-fighting team, mobilized 2 fire-fighting vehicles, and quickly rushed to stand No. 08. After the fueler reported the situation to the firefighters, he diluted the spilled oil with clean water. After 3 minutes, the ground was completely flushed. At 08:59, When the emergency team members arrived at the scene, they immediately set up isolation belts, surrounded the well with oil absorbent pads to prevent the spreading of the oil spill, and recovered the oil. At the same time, they warned and prevented personnel from entering the oil spill isolation area, and tried to remove the equipment under controllable conditions. At 09:05,The personnel of the on-site command center arrived on the scene to understand the situation and coordinate whether the aircraft needs to be replaced and refueled. It is confirmed that the machine is in a safe and controllable state and can be refueled. At 09:20,The fueler completed the task of refueling for flight number 08. At 09:30, under the orderly command, the drill cooperated closely. After about 40 minutes of emergency treatment, the recovery and replenishment of oil spilled from the joint of the unpowered narrow-body refueling tank was completed.

With the announcement by the commander-in-chief of the exercise, the emergency drill for oil spills on the joints and hoses of the unpowered narrow-body refueling tank was successfully concluded.



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