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NEW RESCUE VESSEL FOR AIRPORT
FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1990
AFTER OVER 15 YEARS OF SERVICE THE RESCUE VESSEL AT HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IS TO BE REPLACED.
THE MARINE DEPARTMENT HAS JUST ACCEPTED DELIVERY OF A NEW BRIGHT YELLOW CATAMARAN AFTER 10 MONTHS' CONSTRUCTION IN A SHIPYARD.
BRAND
LOCAL
LONG
AT A COST OF $9 MILLION THE PERFORMANCE OF THE
23 METRE ALUMINIUM CRAFT IS NOT ONLY BETTER THAN THE OLD VESSEL, BUT HAS EXCEEDED THE CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS BY ACHIEVING OVER 27 KNOTS ON TRIALS.
"AT THESE SPEEDS SHE CAN REACT TO AN AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY FROM HER STANDBY BERTH AND REACH ANYWHERE INSIDE LEI YUE MUN IN LESS THAN SEVEN MINUTES, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MARINE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GOVERNMENT FLEET, MR PETER CRISP, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
THE
TE
DESIGN
CONCEPT,
THE WHICH WAS
WORK OF THE MARINE SECTION, INVOLVES THE DEPARTMENT'S OWN GOVERNMENT NEW CONSTRUCTION
AND DEPLOYMENT OF INFLATABLE LIFERAFTS FROM THE VESSEL FOR 250 PEOPLE
FURTHER ALSO THE CRAFT'S OWN SPECIALLY ARRANGED RESCUE CAPACITY FOR A 250 PEOPLE.
THIS COVERS THE FULL PASSENGER LOAD OF
TODAY'S BIGGEST JUMBO
JETS.
WILL BE HANDED OVER TO "THE NEW BOAT DEPARTMENT VERY SOON, MR CRISP SAID.
H
THE CIVIL AVIATION
"I AM SURE THEY WILL TEST HER TO THE LIMITS, BUT I WILL NEVER BE A NEED TO USE HER CAPABILITIES IN EARNEST,
HOPE THERE HE ADDED.
AIRCRAFT CRASH/RESCUE EXERCISE
BE
HELD TOMORROW
TRAINING
AND
FOR
EXERCISE WILL AN AIRCRAFT CRASH/RESCUE
PO TO PROVIDE CONTINUATION IN TAI (SATURDAY) FAMILARISATION IN AIRCRAFT CRASH/RESCUE TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES THOSE WHO WOULD BE INVOLVED IN SUCH OPERATIONS.
THE EXACT TIME OF THE EXERCISE IS BEING WITHHELD IN DEALING TEST THE ALERTNESS OF THE PARTIES INVOLVED EMERGENCIES.
IN ORDER TO WITH SIMILAR
OF THE
CIVIL
THE ROYAL HONG HOSPITAL
SERVICES SERVICES AND
IN TAKING PART
AVIATION DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE
KONG POLICE
DEPARTMENT,
BE STAFF DEPARTMENT, SERVICES
HEALTH, OF DEPARTMENT THE FORCE,
AID SERVICES, AUXILIARY CIVIL REPRESENTATIVES OF CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS.
THE EXERCISE
WILL
MEDICAL
A
FOR SPOKESMAN
DEPARTMENT
SAID ΤΟ THE
THE CIVIL AVIATION INCONVENIENCE TO THE PUBLIC DURING THE EXERCISE WOULD BE KEPT MINIMUM.
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