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Main Page / Special Project / Aircraft accident at Hong Kong International Airport in 1999
Background, Rescue Operation, Feeling (form Chief Staff Officer of AMS)
Among the various operational incidents in the Auxiliary Medical Service recent history, this case is the most challenging and memorable one. It was heralded with an operational stand-by manning for the two major causes taking place simultaneously, namely: special standby coverage for one the high risk date for the millennium bug before the turn of century; and typhoon manning when the typhoon signal no. 8 was hoisted. Under this complicated and diversified combination of operational scenarios, AMS was turned out for yet another more challenging and demanding task for supporting FSD in the casualty evacuation and HA in the A&E services.
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 Dr. C.C. Lok (The form Chief Staff Officer of AMS) |
While being satisfied with the operational pulse and command at AMS Headquarters level, I made myself available for first-hand information at scene by proceeding to the crash site at CLK airport. With the heavily pouring rain and strong wind dominating the environment, it was the worst scenario I had ever experienced in the recent history of AMS operational turnouts in the past years. The visibility was so low at the ground level (due to the pouring rain) that it was virtually impossible to have person to person communication in the open air area of the crash site. I instructed my colleagues to seek shelters (either inside an ambulance or under the roof cover in the nearby passenger terminal building) when rendering treatment to the injured or looking after the uninjured passengers for counselling care. At the A&E departments of various major hospitals, I noticed that the hospital staff (medical & nursing staff) and the frontline rescuers (including FSD/AMS personnel) were operating in a well-concerted manner. I was really impressed that the regular interdepartmental drills in the past did produce the desirable and yet invaluable payoff in this major incident of joint operation. It has once again proved that the emergency services in Hong Kong are maintaining a very high standard of professional preparedness and alertness for tackling any emergency challenges in the best interest of Hong Kong people. Presented by Dr. Anthony C.C. Lok (Chief Staff Officer/Auxiliary Medical Service) in September, 2001
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