Overview
- The tunnel will be fully closed in both directions from about 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., with an earlier reopening possible if the exercise ends sooner.
- Autobahn GmbH and the Berlin Fire Brigade are leading the operation in the Flughafen Tegel tunnel on the A111.
- The drill simulates a car fire in the northbound tube using smoke effects and training dummies to practice rescues under realistic conditions.
- Procedures, equipment performance and communication between responders, the tunnel control center and police will be evaluated.
- Planners incorporated lessons from a 2024 exercise in the Rudower Höhe tunnel, and traffic will be diverted with drivers advised to plan detours.