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Lusaka Plane ‘Crash’ Causes Panic
A HOAX that a plane had crashed in Lusaka’s Chamba Valley yesterday caused panic in the capital city with emergency service providers and journalists rushing to the supposed scene.
Among those that rushed to the “scene” were officers from the Zambia Army, Zambia Police Service, Fire Department, the Civil Aviation Authority and Ministry of Health.
“There is no plane crash, it was just a drill by the Zambia Airports Corporation to check our preparedness to such emergencies. When we rushed to the ‘scene’, we just found something burning,” Lusaka Province deputy commissioner of police Edwin Bwanga said when contacted.
The simulation exercise, which occurred in Lusaka’s Chamba Valley, also attracted scores of Lusaka residents.
Zambia Airports Corporation Limited managing director Robinson Misitala was impressed with the preparedness of the country in responding to emergencies such as plane crashes.
Mr Misitala said the quick response by the Zambia Army, Zambia Police Service, Fire Department, the Civil Aviation Authority, Ministry of Health and the media is commendable.
He said the exercise had among other things exposed that authorities in this sector have the capacity to handle such an emergence.
Mr Misitala was speaking to journalists during a simulation exercise which drew actors from the defence forces, civil aviation, police service, fire brigade and other stakeholders.
And Civil Aviation Authority director general Gabriel Lesa said the exercise revealed that the country was prepared to handle emergencies such as a plane crash in the shortest possible time.
Mr Lesa said after the elaborate exercise, the team of actors will study their performance and which areas need improvement.
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on December 24, 2015. Filed under LATEST NEWS.
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mj banda
December 24, 2015 at 3:01 am
Zambia army for what, if it’s ZAF yes, the Zambia Army have no role unless called upon by either police or ZAF. I think the guys were just onlookers with no role. Also Mr Mistala is not serious, why burn tires instead of using a real aircraft to let it hoover around the sky pretending it to have problems.
Onyx power @vampiros
December 24, 2015 at 6:37 am
What prepairedness are you talking about when you did nothing to the crushed mh370. Tell to go fish out mh370 also.
Czar
December 24, 2015 at 7:28 am
MH 370 crushed in Zambia?
spy chief
December 24, 2015 at 6:39 am
ilyashi yapabwalwa. zaf planes they crash without this kind of nonsense why pretend as if they can do something. how many zaf planes have killed people? answer me before I shout out loud.
ishilu
December 24, 2015 at 8:10 am
jst recently a zaf hellicopter AB 205 crashed on its way back from sinazongwe where it took siamunene…the crash hapened of friday but the story came out on satday late afternoon….so where were these jokers mentioned here by then…why didnt they rush to rescue pipo there instead villagers where the ones who helped…..ifi fyabupuba
New Educated Zambia©❤√
December 24, 2015 at 8:35 am
No reliable source of intelligence under pf. So them they go by rumours even zaf works by rumours kikiki indeed we have a foolish government
Tiger Woods
December 24, 2015 at 9:22 am
Ala kwena kuti waseka…You raise false alarm and people begin to panic and rush to the so called crush site or accident scene simply to go and do ichimpwena and you say that “this is good it only shows that we are prepared for such kind of accidents” This is foolishness of the highest order
New Educated Zambia©❤√
December 24, 2015 at 6:31 pm
Kikikikiki 😂 exactly mune..they go chimpwena looking and they say they are prepared for such events. That is pf for you lool
topten
December 24, 2015 at 9:57 am
@ nez pf is giving u slepless nights,for u everything is pf. 2016 is fast aproching watch your bp.
Foloko
December 24, 2015 at 11:43 am
It seems to me that people do not understand the importance of such drills. Every institution that handles emergencies need to assess the preparedness of all stakeholders, for example Bank of Zambia had it last year, National Airports also had it last year. It also exposes weakness in handling emergencies, you can have a fire engine parked not knowing that it is defective but with such drills you take note of your failures and work on them. Of course you inform the commanders well in advance so that you are not cited for causing force alarm.
nega
December 24, 2015 at 5:30 pm
keep it up
mwansa
December 24, 2015 at 8:24 pm
It’s not a hoax; it’s called a drill.
Story teller
December 25, 2015 at 8:17 am
Have you heard of the story of the boy who cried “wolf”. The day when the wolf really came, everybody thought he was joking and ignored his calls
kakolwe
December 25, 2015 at 3:09 pm
Mr Msitala, how was the public rush and presence explained as preparedness to handle such situations? The public shall forever be prepared to go and watch whatever occurrence out of the ordinary comes to pass.
You should have just talked about what that drill did to the concerned personnel not ifyakubikamo na public preparedness mulyashi!