The Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) conducted on Monday a joint training exercise with the US Air Force at the Al Udeid Air Base.
Injured passengers receiving medical help.
The exercise was meant to raise the level of alertness of the Qatari
personnel to respond to emergencies in collaboration with all the
entities concerned.
The scenario of the drill started with the Air Base watch tower
receiving a report from an aircraft with 30 persons on board that it
has a hydraulic fault and it has fuel only for flying one hour.
Immediately, the watch tower informed the authorities concerned as per
the approved standards in such cases. Then, ambulances, fire trucks and
medical units hurried to station themselves at their assigned locations
on the runway.
According to the scenario, the distressed aircraft deflects its track
and one of its wings would be broken and the pilot loses control over
it. Eventually, the Qatari forces move to put out the fire backed by the
American forces. As they secure the site of the accident, rescue teams
manage to open the emergency exits of the plane and attempt to save the
passengers.
The location of the accident is divided into three zones according to
the severity and proximity of danger. The first zone - the place of the
crash of the aircraft is called “hot zone”, the area close to it called
“warm zone” and the safe area called the “cold zone”, where a field
hospital is set up.
All the injured are speedily transferred to the field hospital and
classified into three degrees according to the severity of their
injuries. Consequently, treatment starts and critical cases are flown by
the helicopter ambulance of Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) and another
helicopter belonging to QEAF to HMC.
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