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shanghaiceltic
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Sep 06, 2007 - 08:08 AM |
 
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| Post subject: Anti terrorist exercise makes for browned underwear... |
Panic erupts at Soekarno-Hatta over police's hijack training
Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang, Banten
The police's anti-terror Special Detachment 88 team and bomb squad panicked the public Tuesday as they forced their way into a Garuda plane as part of a hijack simulation training exercise.
The public was told hijackers had planted two bombs and shot a hostage, because the airport's police chief said he wanted to see how the public would react to the crisis situation.
Jakarta Police Deputy chief Brig. Gen. Raziman Tarigan said the training was also required to ensure airport staff "were not dulled by routine".
The simulated drama unfolded at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, with four men acting as armed hijackers taking over a Jakarta-to-Narita flight and demanding US$1 million for the release of 44 non-existent prisoners.
But the training day was not announced at the airport and the bomb squad's actions saw the hundreds of citizens in transit believe there was a hijack situation involving guns, bombs and hostages.
The two-hour training exercise involved a Garuda Indonesia airplane, ambulances, helicopters, full teams from airport emergency units, the airport management Angkasa Pura, the National Police, the Jakarta Police, the Cengkareng precinct police and bomb sniffing dogs.
"We wanted to make this training as real as possible, so we didn't tell the public that the bomb was part of the security training," the airport's police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Guntur Sutianto said.
"We also wanted to find out how people would respond, what their level of obedience to the airport's guards would be when there's a crisis."
The training program was called Project for Contingency Exercises of Airport in Indonesia and the simulation involved 44 hostages and two bombs.
The exercise was held with the National Police and the Directorate General of Air Transportation, in coordination with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
The training would help local security forces meet the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Annex 17 standards to ensure contingency plans are developed and tested regularly, authorities said.
Indonesia joined the aviation organization in 1950.
The police force's Raziman Tarigan said the training was also conducted to fulfill the Aviation Law No. 15/1992.
This law surrounds preventive actions against threats to domestic aviation and national security.
Raziman said the exercise would also enhance the airport's security systems.
"The training is conducted every two years and aims to increase the readiness of airport staff so they will stay sharp and not be dulled by routine," Raziman said.
The training exercise at the Soekarno-Hatta airport was the fifth training simulation held by Japan's government through the JICA and the Indonesian government.
The training was previously held in Juanda airport in Surabaya, Ngurah Rai airport in Bali, the Civil Aviation Training Center in Curug, Tangerang regency, and Hang Nadim airport in Batam, Riau Islands.
The JICA team consisted of eight Japanese trainers providing the Indonesian teams with both theoretical and in-field lessons.
JICA also assisted the Soekarno-Hatta airport with security equipment including TV monitors, communication devices and projectors.(13) |
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CoffeeHawk_0
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Sep 06, 2007 - 08:25 PM |
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The idea has merit, the public needs to know how to react well in such a situation or at least be used to it, and the non-civilians and airport personnel get a chance to operate in a semi-chaotic situation.
Unfortuantely, one can imagine how people in some western countries would react after finding out it was all a drill - lawyers, lawyers, laywers, they made me spill my latte, etc. |
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