Dr. Ed was on a plane getting ready to take off at Logan this morning when he looked out his window and saw a plane on fire.
Fortunately, it was just a training exercise for firefighters, involving a dummy plane.
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Sometimes
By anon
Wed, 09/18/2019 - 12:07pm
A plane on fire is not a training exercise, but people survive because there have been training exercises.
They train on a plane to put
By dd808
Wed, 09/18/2019 - 12:19pm
They train on a plane to put out the flame!
my cousin was an emt
By bostnkid
Wed, 09/18/2019 - 12:55pm
he used to bring me to emergency drills at logan once in a while. they recreated plane crashes and we pretended to be victims. he told me it was better if i acted a bit unruly because crash victims are usually in shock and act unpredictably. we usually split a 12 pack on the way. it was fun.
It can be a lot of fun
By SwirlyGrrl
Wed, 09/18/2019 - 10:05pm
I volunteered for a couple through my employer. In one bus crash situation I really played it up, screaming WHERE IS MY BABY! MY BABY! WHERE IS MY BABY! and trying to run back into the mess while my "injuries" were being triaged. The leaders gave that one high marks for realistic chaos.
Out on Runway Number 9
By Turalura Lipschitz
Wed, 09/18/2019 - 1:14pm
Big 7-4-7 set to go,
But I'm readin' UHub here,
In my jammies
Vapin' slow
At least they waited until a week after 9/11 this time
By O-FISH-L
Wed, 09/18/2019 - 2:19pm
During Deval's tenure in 2013, Massport held the drill on the anniversary of 9/11 while memorial services were going on inside Logan. I'm glad they waited a week this time.
You beat me to it
By GFN
Wed, 09/18/2019 - 2:19pm
n/t
Are you under the impression
By ZachAndTired
Wed, 09/18/2019 - 2:34pm
Are you under the impression that the governor schedules airport training exercises? Your warped view of the world never ceases to amaze me.
I remember that!
By another area mi...
Wed, 09/18/2019 - 3:19pm
Plus 2013 was not a great year for security things anyway
This is a perfect example of the Fish's dishonesty
By Dave-from-Boston
Thu, 09/19/2019 - 6:34am
From the article Fish references, the following was specifically reported:
"Gov. Deval Patrick told the State House News Service holding the drill on the anniversary of September 11 was "Just dumb. It's just dumb. I mean the timing could not be worse," Patrick told reporters.
Fish, like other Trumpists, takes an incident, and despite the facts painting an entirely different picture, attributes it Deval knowing full well that what he was saying was untruthful. What a pant load.
Quite surprising the first time
By hamhands
Wed, 09/18/2019 - 3:29pm
My old office on State Street had a pretty good view of Logan. I definitely had a WTF moment the first time I saw the smoke and flames from one of these exercises. Next time I flew in I got a great view of the blackened fuselage. I saw the exercise run a few more times during my tenure there. They got the flames knocked down very quickly. I also saw a surprising number of wave-offs. A pity for the folks on that Lufthansa going back to the end of the landing queue after an 8h flight from Munich.
Is it my imagination
By roadman
Wed, 09/18/2019 - 6:11pm
Or are these training exercises being conducted more frequently now than they were before?
Definitely seems that way. I
By ZachAndTired
Wed, 09/18/2019 - 6:24pm
Definitely seems that way. I can see them from my desk at work and it seemed like there was one every single day a couple weeks ago.
I guess it depends on how many people need training
By markk
Wed, 09/18/2019 - 8:15pm
Probably need to limit the number of trainees in each group to ensure that everyone gets hands-on experience.
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