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Tjoseph Scanlon - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Helping the Other Victims of September 11: Gander Uses Multiple EOCs to Deal With 38 Diverted Flights
    International journal of mass emergencies and disasters, 2020
    Co-Authors: Tjoseph Scanlon
    Abstract:

    On September 11, 2001, after seeing three hijacked jets turned into missiles and a fourth crash in Pennsylvania, the United States ordered all U.S.-Registered Aircraft to land at the nearest airport and closed its airspace. When the decision was made, hundreds of commercial flights were over the Pacific or Atlantic en route to North America. Some had sufficient fuel to turn back. Most needed a North American airport to take them and that airport had to be in Canada. The Canadian government, its air traffic control system and Canadian airports were presented with a fait accompli. They had to accept hundreds of Aircraft knowing-given what happened-that one or more of them might be carrying terrorists or be under terrorist control. Worried about the possibility that some of those jets might attack major Canadian cities, the federal government ordered that these jets land at smaller communities along Canada's East Coast. Two Canadian cities-Halifax and Vancouver-received the most diverted flights on September 11. But when Gander's population-10,347-is considered its intake was proportionally far greater. Gander took in 38 flights and 6,600 passengers, a 63 per cent increase in its population, compared to a two per cent increase in Halifax, less than a third of a one per cent increase for Vancouver. This article is about how Gander handled that situation. As will be shown, the community activated a number of emergency operations centers (EOCs)-and each ended up managing one aspect of the response. Though the airport was the key, the result was a coordinated system that ran smoothly without any single agency taking charge. This article describes how that system came about and why it worked; and how Gander avoided problems that often occur with multiple EOCs and emergent groups.

  • Helping the Other Victims of September 11: Gander uses Multiple EOCs to Deal with 38 Diverted Flights
    The Australian journal of emergency management, 2003
    Co-Authors: Tjoseph Scanlon
    Abstract:

    On September 11, 2001, after seeing three hijacked jets turned into missiles and a fourth crash in Pennsylvania, the United States ordered all U.S.- Registered Aircraft to land at the nearest airport and closed its airspace. When the decision was made, hundreds of commercial flights were over the Pacific or Atlantic en route to North America. Some had sufficient fuel to turn back. Most needed a North American airport to take them, and that airport had to be in Canada. The Canadian government, its air traffic control system, and Canadian airports were presented with a fait accompli. They had to accept hundreds of Aircraft knowing - given what had happened - that one or more of them might be carrying terrorists or be under terrorist control. Worried about the possibility that some of these jets might attack major Canadian cities, the federal government ordered that they land at smaller communities along Canada's East Coast. On the East Coast, two factors affected precisely where those jets landed - the jet stream and the weather. The jet stream was far south that day, so most flights made their North American landfall at Newfoundland rather than Labrador. That took them to St. John's, Gander, or Stephenville, Newfoundland, rather than Goose Bay, Labrador. Then a light drizzle and fog hit Newfoundland's West Coast, dropping visibility to a mile at Stephenville. Aircraft heading there had to pull up and land in St. John's or Gander or continue to Halifax, Nova Scotia, or Moncton, New Brunswick. On Canada's West Coast, there was little choice: if the planes were going to land in Canada, for the most part they would have to land in Vancouver. As a result of all this, two Canadian cities - Halifax and Vancouver - received the most diverted flights on September 11. But when Gander's population - 10,347 - is considered, its intake was proportionally far greater. Gander took in 38 flights and 6,600 passengers, a 63 per cent increase in its population, compared to a two per cent increase in Halifax, less than a third of a one per cent increase for Vancouver. Even including nearby towns - Appleton, Gambo, Glenwood, Lewisporte, and Norris Arm - the Gander area's population is 18,882. That is still a 35 per cent increase. This article is about how Gander handled that situation. As will be shown, the community activated a number of emergency operations centres (EOCs) - and each ended up managing one aspect of the response. Though the airport was the key, the result was a coordinated system that ran smoothly without any single agency taking charge. This article describes how that system came about, why it worked, and how Gander avoided problems that often occur with multiple EOCs and emergent groups.

S J Rindom - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • 1990 SELECTED STATISTICS (KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION)
    1991
    Co-Authors: M Ahmad, S J Rindom, K S Schmidt, K Stodgell
    Abstract:

    This report contains an assortment of transportation data on highways, mass transit, railroads, aviation, and commercial waterways in Kansas. The following topics are addressed: State Finance; Federal Finance; Urban Mass Transit Funding; Railroads - railroad track mileage, abandonments, commodities moved by Kansas rail, and Local Rail Service Assistance Act entitlements and expenditures; Aviation - existing facilities, enplanement activity, and Registered Aircraft; Commercial Waterways - terminals and facilities; Safety - motor vehicle accident data by accident severity displayed by class of trafficway, age of driver, time of day, day of week, and historical trends; Highway Improvements; Public Roads - mileage by jurisdiction, federal aid, functional classification, surface type, and maintenance responsibility; Travel - annual vehicle miles of travel and travel by time of day and day of week; Bridges - condition status, funding responsibility and eligibility; Kansas Turnpike - miles by functional classification, activity by interchange, revenue and usage by passenger cars and commercial vehicles; County - travel, road mileage, motor vehicle registration fee collections, and distribution factors for the Special City and County Highway Fund. This report is intended to serve as a source of reference to researchers, policy makers, and others. The statistics are updated annually.

  • 1989 SELECTED STATISTICS - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
    1990
    Co-Authors: M Ahmad, S J Rindom
    Abstract:

    This report contains an assortment of transportation data on highways, railroads, aviation, and commercial waterways in Kansas. The selection of information for inclusion in this report was based upon the frequency of public requests for certain types of data. This report addresses the following topics: State finance; Federal finance; urban mass transit funding; railroads - track mileage, abandonments, commodities, and Local Rail Service Assistance Act entitlements and expenditures; aviation - existing facilities, enplanement activity, and Registered Aircraft; waterways - terminals and facilities; safety - motor vehicle accident data by accident severity displayed by class of trafficway, age of driver, time of day, day of week, and historical trends; highway improvements; public roads - mileage by jurisdiction, federal aid, functional classification, surface type, and maintenance responsibility; travel - annual vehicle miles of travel and travel by time of day and day of week; bridges - condition status, and funding responsibility and eligibility; Kansas Turnpike - miles by functional classification, activity by interchange, revenue and usage by passenger cars and commercial vehicles; county - travel, road mileage, motor vehicle registration fee collections, and distribution factors for the Special City and County Highway Fund.

M Ahmad - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • 1990 SELECTED STATISTICS (KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION)
    1991
    Co-Authors: M Ahmad, S J Rindom, K S Schmidt, K Stodgell
    Abstract:

    This report contains an assortment of transportation data on highways, mass transit, railroads, aviation, and commercial waterways in Kansas. The following topics are addressed: State Finance; Federal Finance; Urban Mass Transit Funding; Railroads - railroad track mileage, abandonments, commodities moved by Kansas rail, and Local Rail Service Assistance Act entitlements and expenditures; Aviation - existing facilities, enplanement activity, and Registered Aircraft; Commercial Waterways - terminals and facilities; Safety - motor vehicle accident data by accident severity displayed by class of trafficway, age of driver, time of day, day of week, and historical trends; Highway Improvements; Public Roads - mileage by jurisdiction, federal aid, functional classification, surface type, and maintenance responsibility; Travel - annual vehicle miles of travel and travel by time of day and day of week; Bridges - condition status, funding responsibility and eligibility; Kansas Turnpike - miles by functional classification, activity by interchange, revenue and usage by passenger cars and commercial vehicles; County - travel, road mileage, motor vehicle registration fee collections, and distribution factors for the Special City and County Highway Fund. This report is intended to serve as a source of reference to researchers, policy makers, and others. The statistics are updated annually.

  • 1989 SELECTED STATISTICS - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
    1990
    Co-Authors: M Ahmad, S J Rindom
    Abstract:

    This report contains an assortment of transportation data on highways, railroads, aviation, and commercial waterways in Kansas. The selection of information for inclusion in this report was based upon the frequency of public requests for certain types of data. This report addresses the following topics: State finance; Federal finance; urban mass transit funding; railroads - track mileage, abandonments, commodities, and Local Rail Service Assistance Act entitlements and expenditures; aviation - existing facilities, enplanement activity, and Registered Aircraft; waterways - terminals and facilities; safety - motor vehicle accident data by accident severity displayed by class of trafficway, age of driver, time of day, day of week, and historical trends; highway improvements; public roads - mileage by jurisdiction, federal aid, functional classification, surface type, and maintenance responsibility; travel - annual vehicle miles of travel and travel by time of day and day of week; bridges - condition status, and funding responsibility and eligibility; Kansas Turnpike - miles by functional classification, activity by interchange, revenue and usage by passenger cars and commercial vehicles; county - travel, road mileage, motor vehicle registration fee collections, and distribution factors for the Special City and County Highway Fund.

Ian Henderson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • military use of civil Registered Aircraft
    2011
    Co-Authors: Duncan Blake, Ian Henderson
    Abstract:

    International law classifies Aircraft under different legal regimes for different legal purposes. This article explores two particular types of classification of Aircraft: as 'state Aircraft' under the Chicago Convention and as 'State Aircraft' for non-Chicago Convention purposes (generally under customary international law). Of particular contemporary interest is how to classify an Aircraft that appears on a civil register but is used for military purposes. This is because the way in which an Aircraft is classified has implications for the powers, privileges, prohibitions and liabilities that apply to the Aircraft; and therefore significant consequences for issues like cargo restrictions, navigational freedoms, and whether they may be intercepted and shot down. The article starts by reviewing the powers, privileges, prohibitions and liabilities applicable to different classes of Aircraft to provide a basis for understanding the more difficult issue of how to classify civil-Registered Aircraft used by the military. The analysis of the classification issue reveals that the classification scheme is more nuanced than the simple, yet traditional, concept of civil Aircraft and military Aircraft as a subset of state Aircraft under the Chicago Convention; but rather classifying an Aircraft involves applying a complex matrix of definitions from various sources in different contexts.

K Stodgell - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • 1990 SELECTED STATISTICS (KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION)
    1991
    Co-Authors: M Ahmad, S J Rindom, K S Schmidt, K Stodgell
    Abstract:

    This report contains an assortment of transportation data on highways, mass transit, railroads, aviation, and commercial waterways in Kansas. The following topics are addressed: State Finance; Federal Finance; Urban Mass Transit Funding; Railroads - railroad track mileage, abandonments, commodities moved by Kansas rail, and Local Rail Service Assistance Act entitlements and expenditures; Aviation - existing facilities, enplanement activity, and Registered Aircraft; Commercial Waterways - terminals and facilities; Safety - motor vehicle accident data by accident severity displayed by class of trafficway, age of driver, time of day, day of week, and historical trends; Highway Improvements; Public Roads - mileage by jurisdiction, federal aid, functional classification, surface type, and maintenance responsibility; Travel - annual vehicle miles of travel and travel by time of day and day of week; Bridges - condition status, funding responsibility and eligibility; Kansas Turnpike - miles by functional classification, activity by interchange, revenue and usage by passenger cars and commercial vehicles; County - travel, road mileage, motor vehicle registration fee collections, and distribution factors for the Special City and County Highway Fund. This report is intended to serve as a source of reference to researchers, policy makers, and others. The statistics are updated annually.