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GO TEAMSA Value to Your Department?

• Eric Johansen and John GriffinDFW Airport Fire
  Services

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Objectives

• What is a Go Team?
• Who should be on a Go Team?
• What are the functions of the Go Team?
• What is the Value of a Go Team?

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What is a Go Team?

• Various members of airport departments who
  respond to aircraft incidents at other airports
  for the purpose of gaining knowledge and lessons
  learned to bring back and apply at their airport.

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Who should be on a Go Team?

• Fire Service Personnel
• Law Enforcement Personnel
• Airport Operations
• Airport Maintenance
• Other local mutual aid jurisdictions.

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What are the functions of the Go Team?

• To review the emergency response
• Evaluate the effectiveness of SOPs/ AEP
• To interview first responders / gather lessons
  learned
• Make recommendations for changes in local SOPs/
  AEP

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What is the Value of a Go Team?

• There absolutely no value if we do not learn from
  others lessons.
• There is no value if we do not apply the incident
  response to our own jurisdictions in an honest
  and truthful manner.
• There is no value if we do not make changes to
  our SOPs and AEPs.
• There is no value if we are arrogant and think we
  can handle anything.

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DFW Airport past Go Teams
Date Airline Location Details Team Members
Sept. 25, 1978 Pacific Southwest San Diego, CA Mid-air collision. Aircraft crashed into the residential area of North Park after colliding with a Cessna 172 while making a visual approach to runway 27. ATC failure. 144 fatalities. Insp. R. Winters Police Lt. Dennis Leon Fire L. Roman Operations
May 25, 1979 A/A Flight 191 Chicago OHare American Airlines Flight 191 was a flight to Los Angeles International Airport from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois. On May 25, 1979, the McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 crashed at around 1504 CDT after taking off from O'Hare with 271 passengers and crew onboard, all of whom were killed, along with two people on the ground. Lt .Sympson - Police
Aug. 31, 1986 Aero México Cerritos, CA Mid-air collision between a DC-9 and a Piper Archer aircraft as the DC-9 was approaching to land at LAX. All crew and passengers (64) on the DC-9 and 3 persons in the Archer were killed in the resulting crash. In addition, 20 other persons were killed when the DC-9 crashed into a residential neighborhood. Lt. Buckmeyer Police Lt. Wayne Young Fire Paddock Operations Wayne Eichel (Grapevine PD)
July 19, 1989 United Airlines Flight 232 DC-10 Gateway Airport, Sioux City, IA While cruising at 37,000 feet, the aircraft suffered a catastrophic engine failure. Navigated to the municipal airport at Sioux City, Iowa, where the aircraft was crash-landed approximately 45 minutes after the hydraulic failure. Of the 285 passengers and 11 crew members aboard, 174 passengers and 10 crew members survived. Lt. Dodson Police Lt. Jim Malloy Fire Parra Operations
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DFW Airport past Go Teams Cont.
Date Airline Location Details Team Members
Dec. 3, 1990 Northwest Airlines DC-9 Detroit Metro NWA DC-9 collided w/ a NWA 727 during a runway-incursion accident in heavy fog. DC-9 caught fire 8 passenger fatalities (7 from smoke inhalation). Lt. Cinquemani Police Lt. Richard Hayes Fire Steve Toby Operations
Feb. 1, 1991 US Airways Flight 1943 DC-10 LAX US Airways collided after a smooth landing with Skywest flight 5569 that was holding for takeoff after being cleared onto the runway. US Airways 85 PAX 57 minor or no injuries 6 critical injuries (mostly burns) 22 fatalities. Skywest 10 PAX 2 crew total loss. Lt. Gary Pinkston Police Lt. Alan Black Fire R. Hoppens Operations
Mar.31, 1991 United Airlines Flight 585 Boeing 737 Colorado Springs, CO United Flight 585 crashed on final approach, 4 1/2 miles south of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport in Widefield Park. The plane was inverted at a 70 angle, burying most of the aircraft underground. The aircraft was occupied by 20 PAX and 5 crew members. No survivors Lt. Rick Smith Police Lt. Johnston Fire M. Weller Operations
Mar.22, 1992 US Airways Flight 405 Fokker F100 LaGuardia - New York After 2 de-icing delays, the aircraft attempted take-off. The left wing struck the ground. Aircraft veered off runway, struck ILS equipment and a small building. The aircraft tumbled over an embankment into Flushing Bay. Lt. Brandenburg Police Lt. Richard Wilder Fire W. Brockles Operations
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DFW Airport past Go Teams Cont.
Date Airline Location Details Team Members
July 2, 1994 US Airways Flight 1016 DC-9 Charlotte-Douglas Airport Charlotte, NC On final approach to runway, aircraft received warning from air traffic controller that ground level winds were shifting quickly - 90 in 15 seconds. Miscommunications between air traffic controller and flight crew resulted in the aircraft touching down in an open area, skidding in a SW direction or 45, striking the perimeter fence and 3 large oak trees prior to crossing a residential street.52 PAX 5 crew Lt. Jim Hampton Police Lt. N. Gilchrest Fire C. Kuehner Operations
Sept. 1, 1994 US Airways Flight 427 Boeing 737 Allegheny County, PA Boeing 737 on approach pitched over and crashed into hillside due to uncommanded rudder movement. No survivors. First crash scene where NTSB declared scene a biohazard and required full PPE for all recovery workers. Lt. Tyler Bond Police Lt. Forrest Broom Fire Vic Nartz Operations
June 1, 1999 American Airlines - Flight 1420 MD-80 Little Rock, AR Aircraft attempted landing during a thunderstorm. After landing aircraft departed runway and slid down a bank of riprap into a support structure for the approach lights. Aircraft broke in 1/2 and came to rest 150-200 ft. from Arkansas River. 185 PAX crew 11 fatalities (including pilot) 80 injured. Capt B.McKinney Fire Lt Jerry Cooper Police K. Dawson Operations Kirk McWethy Airport Maintenance
Aug. 2, 2005 Air France Flt 358 Airbus A340 Toronto Pearson An Airbus A340 failed to stop while landing on RW 24L and plunged into a nearby shallow ravine, coming to rest and bursting into flames approximately 300 meters past the end of the runway. All 309 people aboard survived. 43 injuries reported. Capt Gentry - Fire Lt. Freeman - Police A. Mills Operations
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A Recent Go Team Members Experience

• On January 15, 2009, US Airways flight 1549,
  an Airbus Industrie A320-214, N106US, experienced
  an almost complete loss of thrust in both engines
  after encountering a flock of birds and was
  subsequently ditched on the Hudson River about
  8.5 miles from LaGuardia Airport (LGA), New York
  City, New York. The flight was en route to
  Charlotte Douglas International Airport,
  Charlotte, North Carolina, and had departed LGA
  about 2 minutes before the in-flight event
  occurred. The 150 passengers, including a lap
  held child, and 5 crewmembers evacuated the
  airplane via the forward and overwing exits. One
  flight attendant and four passengers were
  seriously injured, and the airplane was
  substantially damaged. There were no fatalities.

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New York, LGA Go Team Report

• What was the response?
• When did we arrive?
• How were we received?
• What were the Lessons Learned?
• Did we make any changes to our operation or AEP?

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A Recent Go Team Members Experience

• On February 12, 2009, a Colgan Air, Inc.,
  Bombardier DHC-8-400, N200WQ, operating as
  Continental Connection flight 3407, was on an
  instrument approach to Buffalo-Niagara
  International Airport, Buffalo, New York, when it
  crashed into a residence in Clarence Center, New
  York, about 5 nautical miles northeast of the
  airport. The 2 pilots, 2 flight attendants, and
  45 passengers aboard the airplane were killed,
  one person on the ground was killed, and the
  airplane was destroyed by impact forces and a
  postcrash fire. The National Transportation
  Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of
  this accident as follows The captains
  inappropriate response to the activation of the
  stick shaker, which led to an aerodynamic stall
  from which the airplane did not recover.

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Clarence Center NYBuffalo Go Team Report

• What was the response?
• When did we arrive?
• How were we received?
• What were the Lessons Learned?
• Did we make any changes to our operation or AEP?

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