- On Thursday, October 12, 2023, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., the Ghana Armed Forces and the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) will undertake a full-scale emergency simulation exercise at Kotoka International Airport (KIA).
- As part of the drill, code-named “Operation Ogboole 2023,” an airplane will crash into the water off the coast of the Osu landing beach, simulating a mass casualty evacuation.
- The exercise would test the draft Harmonized Standard Operating Procedures (HSOP) for Maritime Incidents Response at the Maritime Operations Centres and the Emergency Operating Procedures at Kotoka International Airport, according to a notice from GACL that was copied to the Ghana News Agency.
- Among other things, it will promote interoperability and inter-agency cooperation between state institutions as well as the response capacity of maritime stakeholders in resolving maritime incidents.
- The Ghana Airports Company asked for the public’s help in making the exercise successful and reassured them that there would be few disruptions to airport operations during that time.
