On Saturday, June 8, 2024, St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL) conducted a full-scale exercise on the airport grounds.
This training drill revolved around a hypothetical accident in which a plane ingests a drone during take-off.
As part of the training, there was an active simulated aircraft fire. Surrounding municipalities and organizations such as Abbott EMS, Berkley Fire Department, Ferguson Fire Department, Maryland Heights Fire Department, Overland Fire Department, Pattonville Fire Department, Boeing, City of St. Louis Police and Fire Departments, St. Ann Police Department, City of St. John Police Department and Woodson Terrace Police Department participated as mutual aid partners.
To simulate a real emergency, the training included role players. Photos below.
Flames from jet simulator burn as a St. Louis Fire Department Airport crash truck applies water during an annual Federal Aviation Administration training drill at St. Louis-Lambert International Airport in St. Louis on Saturday, June 8, 2024.
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A St. Louis firefighter enters a plane simulator to extinguish flames during an annual Federal Aviation Administration training drill at St. Louis-Lambert International Airport in St. Louis on Saturday, June 8, 2024.
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A St. Louis firefighter checks on child actors with makeup as they lay on a runway during an annual Federal Aviation Administration training drill at St. Louis-Lambert International Airport in St. Louis on Saturday, June 8, 2024.
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