Cambodia conducts airplane rescue exercise

The Cambodian government on Wednesday conducted an airplane rescue exercise at the military airbase next to the Phnom Penh International Airport in order to prepare itself against urgent situation such as fire and explosion.

"We conduct this airplane rescue exercise because Cambodia is a member of the International Civil Aviation Association," said Sok An, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Council of Ministers.

"We want to show the big aviation companies that we have the abilities to save planes when they are in emergent cases," he said, adding that such exercise will be conducted every year.

Some 20 ambulances, hundreds of troops and firemen and over 10 fire engines were deployed in the exercise.

Some severely "injured" passengers were rushed from the site to the nearest hospitals and the doctors helped other passengers with slight "wounds" on the scene.

Source: Xinhua