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Thousands stuck on motorway during aviation emergency test
Thousands of drivers and passengers have been waiting hours stuck in traffic in Accra as The Ghana Airports Company Limited conducts an emergency exercise simulation.
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Pulse Ghana journalist Alice Adu reports she has been stuck in the traffic on Spintex Road near Accra Mall for three hours on Saturday morning, July 30.
Speaking with others also stuck, she reports people are “extremely” angry at the situation, and say they did not receive prior notice or warning of the exercise.
They are stuck in blocked traffic as the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) is conducting a full scale emergency simulation exercise at the approach area of runway 21 (Spintex Road area) of the Kotoka International Airport.
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The exercise, dubbed Abronoma 2016 has seen the simulation of an aircraft incident and the subsequent response by the various agencies, which make up the Emergency Operations Control Group.
There was a prior public notice about the exercise, saying parts of the Accra Tema motorway, around the East Legon Police Station roads and Spintex Road would be blocked, however, many spoken to were not aware of it.
Reporter at the scene, Alice Adu has seen people pretending to be the passengers from a flight, waiting for an ambulance to assist them, with the police personnel tasked with getting them to hospital.
The exercise is expected to test the Airport’s readiness to handle aircraft emergencies and would be observed by a team of foreign experts from ICAO and Airports Council International.
The exercise is in line with the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) regulations, and is organised every two years to test Ghana's preparedness to handle emergency situations at the airport.
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A statement on the exercise, released by management of the GACL said representatives from the Ghana Army, Ghana Air Force, 37 Military Hospital, Ghana Police Service, Airline Operators Committee, Ghana National Fire Service, National Disaster Management Organisation, GCAA and the GACL had been mandated to develop and conduct the exercise scenario.
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