{"id":332,"date":"2013-09-20T06:51:38","date_gmt":"2013-09-20T06:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/airportinjurylawyer\/?p=332"},"modified":"2017-08-04T16:19:33","modified_gmt":"2017-08-04T16:19:33","slug":"disaster-preparedness-at-dulles-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/airportinjurylawyer\/2013\/09\/20\/disaster-preparedness-at-dulles-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Disaster Preparedness at Dulles Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lately the news has been full of reports of near-misses and minor collisions between airplanes at our nation&#8217;s airports.\u00a0 Most recently, two taxiing planes <a title=\"Two Taxiing Planes Clip Wings\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/05\/02\/two-airplanes-clipped-eac_n_3200263.html\" target=\"_blank\">clipped each other&#8217;s wings<\/a> at Newark airport in New Jersey.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_451\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-451\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/airportinjurylawyer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/09\/IMG_1974.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-451\" title=\"Airport emergency drills are important for safety of airline passenger AND runway and terminal personell\" src=\"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/airportinjurylawyer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/09\/IMG_1974-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Airport emergency drills are important for safety of airline passenger AND runway and terminal personell\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/airportinjurylawyer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/09\/IMG_1974-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/airportinjurylawyer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/09\/IMG_1974-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-451\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Airport emergency drills are important for safety of airline passenger AND runway and terminal personnel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That is why Herndon airport injury lawyer Doug Landau was encouraged to read about this summer&#8217;s safety drill conducted at Washington Dulles International Airport (&#8220;IAD&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>The drill, conducted by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA), ran from 8:45 am until noon and did not disrupt regular airport operations.\u00a0 The simulated airport accident served not only to test the airport&#8217;s emergency response plan, but also to train airport and emergency personnel in a hands-on exercise.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a title=\"Dulles Disaster Drill\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wjla.com\/articles\/2013\/05\/disaster-response-drill-at-dulles-airport-brings-actors-emergency-responders-together-88375.html\" target=\"_blank\">news reports<\/a>, the drill was made more realistic by including the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a security breach<\/li>\n<li>an airplane on fire<\/li>\n<li>a commercial plane veering off the runway with broken landing gear<\/li>\n<li>emergency vehicles responding to the scene<\/li>\n<li>volunteer actors simulating injuries sustained from the incident<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>\u00a0&#8220;I applaud MWAA for taking steps to make our airports safer,&#8221; says Landau.\u00a0 &#8220;Accidents are just that &#8212; accidents.\u00a0 Nobody means for them to happen, but having in place a sound plan for emergency response is key to minimizing the impact on airport workers, airline passengers, flight attendants, pilots, and visitors to the airport.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If you or someone you know has been injured in an accident at an airport and there are questions as to what laws apply, <a title=\"email front desk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.landaulawshop.com\/contact.asp\" target=\"_blank\">email <\/a>or call <a title=\"landau law shop web site\" href=\"https:\/\/www.landaulawshop.com\" target=\"_blank\">Abrams Landau, Ltd.<\/a> at once (703)796-9555.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lately the news has been full of reports of near-misses and minor collisions between airplanes at our nation&#8217;s airports.\u00a0 Most recently, two taxiing planes clipped each other&#8217;s wings at Newark airport in New Jersey. That is why Herndon airport injury lawyer Doug Landau was encouraged to read about this summer&#8217;s safety drill conducted at Washington&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/airportinjurylawyer\/2013\/09\/20\/disaster-preparedness-at-dulles-airport\/\" title=\"Continue reading &lsquo;Disaster Preparedness at Dulles Airport&rsquo;\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4,5,6,7,8,9],"tags":[22,56,64,74,78,103,124,179,298,302,362,366,367,371,373,375,389,396,457,516,518,555,589],"class_list":["post-332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-air-travel-fatality-cases","category-airline-employee-job-injury-claims","category-airline-employee-social-security-disability","category-airline-passenger-injury-cases","category-airport-runway-tarmac-and-aoa-incidents","category-airport-sliptrip-and-fall-accidents","category-airport-vehicle-crashes","tag-abrams-landau-ltd","tag-airline-employee-accident","tag-airline-incident-lawyer","tag-airline-pilot-accident","tag-airline-slip-and-fall-injury-cases","tag-airport-accident-lawyer","tag-airport-injury-case-law","tag-attorney-doug-landau","tag-doug-landau","tag-dulles-airport-accident-lawyer","tag-herndon-airline-accident-attorney","tag-herndon-area-law-firm","tag-herndon-attorney-doug-landau","tag-herndon-law-firm","tag-herndon-lawyer-doug-landau","tag-herndon-reston-lawyer-doug-landau","tag-injured-airline-worker","tag-injured-pilot","tag-national-airport-accident-lawyer","tag-reston-area-law-firm","tag-reston-attorney-doug-landau-airport-injury-lawyer-doug-landau","tag-tarmac-accident","tag-virginia-injury-lawyer-doug-landau"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Disaster Preparedness at Dulles Airport - Airport Injury Law<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/airportinjurylawyer\/2013\/09\/20\/disaster-preparedness-at-dulles-airport\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Disaster Preparedness at Dulles Airport - Airport Injury Law\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lately the news has been full of reports of near-misses and minor collisions between airplanes at our nation&#8217;s airports.\u00a0 Most recently, two taxiing planes clipped each other&#8217;s wings at Newark airport in New Jersey. 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