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PLANE
CRASHES IN THE FIRST DUE |
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June 3
2006
- Shortly after 0700 hours, three long alert tones broke
the Saturday morning silence, alerting units from
Manassas Fire, the Rescue Squad, and mutual aid
companies from Prince William County, to a plane
crash at 10605 Observation Road, the Manassas
Regional Airport. Company 501 is use to running to
the airport, usually being alerted for the aircraft
in distress which normally lands without incident,
however this morning would be different. Company 501
responded with 12 volunteers on board the Engine,
Foam Engine, and both Haz Mat Rigs along with
Battalion 581 (Capt. Higgins) and Chief 501A (Lausch).
First Arriving units from Manassas were met with a
35 seat passenger jet that had crashed upon takeoff
and landed in the middle of Observation Road. A
total of 8 passengers were on board the jet and had
already evacuated the plane prior to the arrival of
the fire department. 2 of the passengers were
transported to the hospital with minor injuries. At
first the scene appeared to stable with no hazards
but after a few minutes the plane began leaking some
of the 1100 pounds of jet fuel on board. The crew
from the Haz Mat quickly went to work to
stabilize the leak. After that the wait was on as
units were unable to take further action until the
arrival of the FAA and NTSB. Once on the scene,
investigators from both agencies conducted their
examination of the crash site and as the day creped
by, the recovery team from Willow Spring Towing
arrived. At this point progress was made to off load
the abundance of fuel from the plane. Then the
effort was made to move the plane from the middle of
Observation Road. The plan was to flip the plane
around, load it onto a flatbed truck, and drive it
across the field to a hangar where it could be
repaired. With a combined endeavor from all
parties, the hazards were secured and the plane was
removed from the roadway shortly before 2000 hours.
In all, Manassas Volunteers operated on the
scene for over 13 hours. Chief 501A had the command.
A special thanks goes out to the Ladies Auxiliary
for supporting the effort with breakfast, lunch and
drinks throughout the day. While the airport
incident was going on, the dedicated volunteers from
Manassas maintained an additional crew at the
firehouse which answered several runs throughout the
day. The most notable being the intoxicated and
vastly impaired individual in the infamous "South",
who decided he would take a swing at our 6 foot 5
Truck Captain, needless to say he lost. Chalk
another one up for the female officer on bike patrol
who keeps finding patients for us. Just another day
in the Big City, go figure! |
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