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With a new airport comes new cars, including specially built rescue vehicles to be used in flight incidents and other emergency situations.
Qaqortoq Airport now has two Buffalo crash tenders, which are purpose-built fire and rescue vehicles for use in flight incidents and other emergency situations in and around the airport. The vehicles are of the Rosenbauer Buffalo 6×6 type, built on a Scania P460 chassis.
– They are designed for rapid deployment on runways, but can also drive on terrain if an incident occurs outside the airport area itself, says Stine Buur Hvistendahl, Brand Manager at Greenland Airports.
4800 liters of water per minute
The crash tenders are a central part of the airport’s preparedness and are ready for action in the event of, among other things, aircraft accidents, standby during flight operations and in the event of fire or other incidents within the airport area.
The vehicles are equipped with powerful water cannons and can deliver large quantities of water or foam to extinguish aircraft fires in a very short time.
One of the airport’s crash tenders is also equipped with a FLIR infrared camera, which makes it possible to see heat sources and fire through smoke or darkness. This gives the driver a better overview during the effort.
Throws the snow 40 meters away
Qaqortoq Airport also has a snow thrower, which is used to clear large amounts of snow from runways, taxiways and other areas of the airport so that air traffic can be maintained safely in winter.
The machine has been specially developed for airports and can effectively grind up snow and throw it far away from the runway or load it directly onto trucks if the snow needs to be removed from the area.
It works with a powerful two-stage snow thrower system, where a rotating drum first cuts the snow loose, after which a fan throws it away through an adjustable spout.
