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Tue, 09/13/2011 - 14:16
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Don Mueang Airport holds terror drill
BANGKOK, September 13 (TNA) - Thailand's Don Mueang Airport is holding a mock security drill as part a bomb threat contingency plan.
Director of Don Mueang Airport Wing Commander Prateep Wichitto said on Tuesday the annual exercise was held with the aim of strengthening the airport’s contingency-response mechanisms.
Prateep also said the drill was held to maintain international safety standards laid down by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), which prescribed member airports to conduct a security drill at least once every two years.
This year’s exercise was jointly conducted with the Royal Thai Air Force, Orient Thai Airlines and Don Mueang Metropolitan Police. (TNA)
Director of Don Mueang Airport Wing Commander Prateep Wichitto said on Tuesday the annual exercise was held with the aim of strengthening the airport’s contingency-response mechanisms.
Prateep also said the drill was held to maintain international safety standards laid down by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), which prescribed member airports to conduct a security drill at least once every two years.
This year’s exercise was jointly conducted with the Royal Thai Air Force, Orient Thai Airlines and Don Mueang Metropolitan Police. (TNA)
