Canyonlands Regional Airport stages fake plane crash for emergency response practice

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English - March 20, 2024 03:32 - 7 minutes - 7.25 MB - ★★★★★ - 25 ratings
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Last week, the Canyonlands Regional Airport staged a fake plane crash as part of a mandatory emergency response exercise. All agencies included in the airport's emergency response plan were present, plus actors from the Grand County High School drama club, who played crash victims.

Photo: Emergency responders carry an actor in a plane crash exercise to an ambulance. Photo by Emily Arntsen.