When you talk about walking wounded that’s the person that really doesn’t show an outside injury, just disoriented and confused.” As for the crash victims, they’re covered in makeup and are told to make the most of the chaos and their mock injuries. We’re going to use a bus airplane to simulate the airplane,” he says. “We’re simulating a large regional jet crashing at the airport. It left a team of volunteer actors to portray victims with all kinds of injuries. Meanwhile, the drone got too close and Klein says it “impacted an airplane,” causing the plane, or in this case, a school bus, to make a crash landing. The initial response was a police response, followed by FBI investigators set to question a “suspect.” “How the drill kicked off was that we had a report from the air traffic control tower that a drone was spotted near the airport,” Klein says. “There’s probably 20 to 25 different meetings that happen to coordinate this drill activity.”Ĭherry Capital Airport says this exercise started at the air traffic control tower, with a report of a drone flying in airspace near the airport. The training exercise at Traverse City’s airport brought out dozens of first responders, airport personnel, and even volunteer actors, all made up to look like they are victims of a plane crash.Ĭherry Capital Airport Director Kevin Klein says, “The planning for this drill started almost a year ago.” Those planning meetings have picked up in frequency and intensity. But while it may look real, it’s only a drill.
There was a dramatic scene at Cherry Capital Airport on Wednesday morning.
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