Inside an aircraft emergency drill at Richmond International Airport
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It's an airport emergency you hope never to experience: a Boeing 737 crashing into a Gulf Stream 6 private jet while attempting to land.
But as bad as it seemed, the controlled chaos at Richmond International Airport on Thursday morning was just a drill.
Everything from the lights, victims, and overall response were made to look real to test plans, policies and procedures in a realistic environment.
"What we don't want to do is find a weakness or a gap in those plans when it actually happens," said Jessica Robison, an emergency management coordinator with Chesterfield County.
Thursday's drill was part of the FAA's mandated emergency drills conducted every three years at airports like RIC, which are designed to put their emergency readiness to the test in the event of an aircraft incident.
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