Parallel Planning, Local Solutions: Four Newfoundland Airports Deal Diverted Flights after 9/11
On September 11, 2001, after a series of terrorist attacks, the USA closed its air space while scores of flights were over the North Atlantic. As a result many of those flights were forced to land in Canada: 88 flights carrying approximately 12,000 people landed at four Newfoundland airports – meani...
| Published in: | Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2012
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5973.2012.00669.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1468-5973.2012.00669.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1468-5973.2012.00669.x |
| Summary: | On September 11, 2001, after a series of terrorist attacks, the USA closed its air space while scores of flights were over the North Atlantic. As a result many of those flights were forced to land in Canada: 88 flights carrying approximately 12,000 people landed at four Newfoundland airports – meaning that four communities with parallel plans faced the same emergency at the same on the same day providing a unique opportunity for a comparative study. As it happened all four handled the emergency effectively but each did it in its own way starting with a plan but adapting the plan to local circumstances. |
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