Overview
- The Nov. 27 exercise replicated an aircraft overshooting the runway and catching fire to test real-time crisis response.
- Participants spanned ATC, the Indian Air Force, immigration, customs, CISF, Mumbai Police, Mumbai Fire Brigade, SDMA, NDRF, BMC’s disaster unit, ground handlers, airlines, hospitals, ambulance services, and nearby hotels.
- CSMIA identified the Full Scale Emergency Exercise as a biennial safety practice, previously conducted in 2023 and 2021.
- A separate report showed a high‑intensity drill using a dummy aircraft, with the IAF airlifting dummy passengers during the response.
- The drill followed a planned Nov. 20 runway maintenance closure and a Nov. 21 peak of 1,036 air traffic movements.