Emergency Exercise Taking Place At Cork Airport 

An emergency hours of darkness exercise is currently taking place at Cork Airport this evening to test the readiness of the airport and other agencies to deal with a major incident. The exercise is required under safety regulations and started at 19.45 (7.45 pm) and runs for approximately two hours until 21.45 (9.45 pm). There will be NO impact to the Flight schedule and there will be no exercise activities in the terminal building. However please note that there will be some emergency service vehicles operating in the vicinity of and at Cork Airport tonight as part of this exercise. 

Tonight’s exercise will involve airline personnel based at Cork Airport, the Irish Aviation Authority, An Garda Síochána, Cork City Fire Brigade, The National Ambulance Service, and the Health Services Executive. The emergency exercise will evaluate the responsiveness of all agencies in case of a future emergency at Cork Airport.

Commenting ahead of the exercise, the daa Group Head of Communications, Kevin Cullinane said, “The purpose of the exercise is to test the internal emergency plan and the response of the external emergency service partners in implementing the Inter Agency Emergency Plan for Cork Airport. The exercise will not impact on flight operations and the public should not be alarmed if they see emergency vehicles in operation around the vicinity of Cork Airport tonight between the hours of 7.45 pm and 9.45 pm.”