16-07-2019 Managing Disasters at Airports Airports Vulnerability to Disasters Floods Cyclones Earthquake Apart from natural disasters, vulnerable to chemical and industrial disasters and man-made disasters. 1 16-07-2019 Areas of Concern Activating an Early Warning System and its close monitoring Mechanisms for integrating the local and administrative agencies for effective disaster management Vulnerability of critical infrastructures (power supply, communication, water supply, transport, etc.) to disaster events Preparedness and Mitigation very often ignored Lack of integrated and standardized efforts and its Sustainability Effective Inter Agency Co-ordination and Standard Operating Procedures for stakeholders. Preparedness for disaster Formation of an effective airport disaster management plan Linking of the Airport Disaster Management Plan (ADMP) with the District Administration plans for forward and backward linkages for the key airport functions during and after disasters. Strengthening of Coordination Mechanism with the city, district and state authorities so as to ensure coordinated responses in future disastrous events. Putting the ADMP into action and testing it. Plan to be understood by all actors Preparedness drills and table top exercises to test the plan considering various plausible scenarios. 2 16-07-2019 AAI efforts for effective DMP at Airports AAI has prepared Disaster Management Plan(DMP) for all our airports in line with GoI guidelines. DMP is in line with NDMA under Disaster Management Act, 2005, National Disaster Management Policy, 2009 and National Disaster Management Plan 2016. Further, these Airport Disaster Management Plan have been submitted to respective DDMA/SDMA for approval. Several Disaster Response & Recovery Equipment are being deployed at major airports: Human life detector, victim location camera, thermal imaging camera, emergency lighting system, air lifting bag, portable generators, life buoys/jackets, safety torch, portable shelters etc. Disaster Management Preparedness at AAI Airports Get Airport Ready for Disaster (GARD) Workshops done at airports: GARD Programme was introduced in AAI with support from United Nations Development Plan(UNDP) in 2016. To ensure fast and effective assistance in the immediate aftermath of a disaster, besides having the necessary airport infrastructure and local transport connections to smoothly deliver lifesaving supports. Providing training in the necessary protocols and know-how to handle the dramatic rise in air traffic and flow of goods and people that typically follows a disaster. in 2018 . 3 16-07-2019 Disaster Management Preparedness at AAI Airports AAI observes “Disaster Reduction Day” on ‘13th October’ every year, which is also ‘International Day for Disaster Reduction” at all AAI Airports to increase awareness among its employees. Following activities are carried out: Awareness campaign at the airport and the communities around the airport. Drills, exercises, rehearsal of disaster plan. Tabletop Exercise is designed and conducted, to provide training and evaluate plans and procedures. Roles & responsibilities of different agencies are defined. Central control centre, Emergency Control Centre & Mobile Command Post (wherever available) are established. Handling of Disaster Chairman/ Member(Ops) CHQ HoDs Committee REDs AIRPORT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE AIRPORT DIRECTOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION - District Magistrate - DDMA - NDRF AIRPORT ADMINISTRATION - TNFRS - Transport - Health - GFS - AOC - ATC - Police - TERMINAL - CISF - CNS MANAGEMENT - Customs - IMD - ENGINEERING ( CIVIL) - Immigration - ENGINEERING ( ELECT) - State Police - AOCC - ARFF - Emergency Medical Centre - MT Section - HR/Commercial 4 16-07-2019 Major Cyclones/ Floods that struck Indian Airports in past Cyclone PHYAN (9- 12 Nov 2009) Cyclonic Storm Phyan developed as a tropical disturbance in the Arabian Sea to the southwest of Colombo in Sri Lanka on November 4, 2009 and made landfall in south India on November 7. Wind speeds of over 95Kmph High Alert was issued in states of Gujarat and Maharashtra as heavy rainfall of over 25 cm was expected. ‘Phyan’ affected Mumbai during 9-12 Nov 2009. It Crossed Maharashtra coast between Mumbai , Alibaug at 1530 IST on 11 November. Massive damage to property was reported in coastal districts of Maharashtra, such as Ratnagiri, Raigad, Sindhudurg, Thane and Palghar. 5 16-07-2019 Cyclone ‘Thane’ (2011) - at Puducherry Cyclone Thane was the strongest tropical cyclone of 2011 within the North Indian Ocean. Thane became a very severe cyclonic storm on December 28, as it approached the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. Wind speeds of over 165kmph It made landfall at north Tamil Nadu coast between Cuddalore (60 kms from Puducherry) and Puducherry on December 30. At least 46 people died in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. Cuddalore and Puducherry were the worst affected areas. Puducherry Airport remained closed from 30 th Dec. 2011 to 2nd Jan. 2012. Thane caused severe damage at Puducherry airport. Roof of Old Terminal Building and ATC Tower was blown off. Also there was extensive damage to Fire Station and Perimeter Wall. Cyclone Phailin: October 11-13, 2013 Cyclone Phailin hit Orissa’s eastern coastal towns at speeds of more than 260 Km/hour, similar in strength of the 1999 super cyclone which killed more than 10,000 in the state. It made landfall near Gopalpur in Odisha coast, at around 2230 IST on October 12, 2013. An estimated million people were moved from their homes along the Orissa and Andhra Pradesh homes, many of them into temporary shelters. Though operations were closed for one day, there was not much damage at Bhubaneswar airport. 6 16-07-2019 Cyclone ‘Hudhud’ (2014) at Vizag The cyclone has caused widespread damage to parts of Andhra Pradesh and Orissa states. Very severe cyclone Hudhud had killed 46 persons and injured 43 others. It affected 20.93 lakh families, took lives of 2831 animals and 24.43 lakh poultry/ducks in four districts on October 12. The winds and heavy rains have damaged power lines and buildings and prompted the evacuation of 350,000 people from their homes. Cyclone hit Vizag Airport on 12.10.2014. Impact was considerable and flight operation was stopped. Flight operations with minimal support started after five days, Full scale operations started after 10 days Approximately Rs. 12 Crores was spent for repair & restoration. Devastating Floods in Chennai on 2nd December 2015 Chennai received 490 mm of rainfall in 24 hours from 0830 IST on 1 December, 2015 due to North East monsoon. The problem was compounded after the Chembrabakkam reservoir was forced to release water into the Adyar River, adjacent to Chennai Airport. Due to the flooding, the airport was flooded & had to be shut down for flights from 2030 IST on 1 December 2015. The Airport resumed technical and ferry flights on Saturday, 5 December 2015. 7 16-07-2019 Vardha Cyclone at Chennai on 12/12/2016 Chennai Airport was flooded, including the ATS complex and Nav Aids Buildings. Airport Operation was stopped from 0914 IST ON 12/12/2016. The flood trapped seventeen personnel (security guards on duty, staff at the remote substation, and CNS units near the runways) and they had to climb up on top of buildings and watch-towers before they could be airlifted to safety the next day. Total Power failure occurred from 1515 IST to 2015 IST Airport Operations commenced at 0545 IST on 13/12/2016. Cyclone ‘OCKHI’ at Agatti in Dec-2017 Ockhi impacted Lakshadweep on December 2 Wind speed of 185kmph Closing of Aerodrome from 10:30 hours IST, 01/12/2017 to 08:45 hours IST, 03/12/2017. Airport resumed operation from 0845 hours IST on 03/12/2017. VHF/RCAG System at Agatti got hit and the system was made operational with minimum available equipment on 03/12/2017. 8 16-07-2019 Flood at Cochin International Airport – 9th August 2018 Due to the incessant southwest monsoon rains, the upstream dams started overflowing and the water level in river Periyar which flows adjacent to Cochin airport started rising alarmingly. CIAL had to effect a suspension of all arrivals at 1300 IST on August 9, 2018 as a precautionary measure. Few other dams upstream had to be opened due to heavy rains which resulted in further flooding at the airport. Consequently, the airport remained closed till 29th August, 2018. DGCA carried out detailed inspection and the airport was cleared to resume operations from 1400hrs on August 29, 2018. Testing the preparedness for Disaster Cyclone FANI : 2 nd May,2019 Information received on 29 th April 2019 from MET regarding extremely severe thunderstorm cyclone FANI approaching towards north/northwest direction of bay of Bengal. Possible landfall in Odisha on 3rd May 2019 morning. 9 16-07-2019 Plan of Actions for Management of Cyclone ‘FANI’ Initial meeting taken at CHQ chaired by Chairman and attended by all HoDs for initiating the SoPs at the airports (Bhubaneshwar, Kolkata etc.) expected to be affected by FANI. Checklist formulated to take ‘Pre Cyclone’ , during the cyclone and ‘post cyclone ‘ measures involving the HoDs and the stakeholders. Meeting held with Secretary, CA and DGCA and suggested for formal closure of airports so that the travelling public is not put into inconvenience at the last minute due cancellation of flights. All APD’s advised to have Meeting with the HODs and form action plan to meet the contingencies. Plan of Actions for Management of Cyclone ‘FANI’ APDs advised to hold meeting with