Another Update For Dryden Airport Incident

Dryden City officials have released another update regarding the incident that took place at the local airport on Monday.

Airport Manager Tiffany Coffey says at around 4:05pm “the aircraft became disabled off the side of the runway, 150 meters from the threshold, due to an aborted take-off on the initial take-off roll.”

Coffey then says “the Emergency Response Plan was activated and emergency crews attended the scene. Runway was reopened at 10pm following the removal of the aircraft and a runway inspection for foreign object debris”.

She adds that “emergency responders, airline, and airport personnel communicated and worked well together at the scene and have conducted an initial debrief”.

City Treasurer Steven Lansdell-Roll is proud of the personnel involved stating “our Emergency Response Plan was executed successfully in response to
this incident.”

Lansdall-Roll also says they “would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who responded and provided care”.