AIREX 2024 Hosted at San Diego International Airport Simulates Mass Casualty Incident
On Wednesday, January 31, 2024, the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority (Airport Authority) hosted its FAA-required triennial mass-casualty exercise - Airex 2024 - to simulate an aircraft accident at San Diego International Airport (SAN). Coordinated by the Airport Authority’s Emergency Management team, the training scenario centered around an airplane crash of a fictious airline that was engulfed in flames with 85 passengers onboard. More than 200 Airport Authority employees, first responders, mutual aid partners and stakeholders participated in the […]