Los Angeles airport to test readiness for aircraft accident

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles International Airport will conduct a full-scale exercise to test the readiness of firefighters and other emergency crews to handle an aircraft accident.

The two-hour simulation scheduled Wednesday morning is required by the Federal Aviation Administration.

Some 500 firefighters and other emergency responders will take part, along with 150 volunteers role-playing as victims.

Pyrotechnics will simulate a crash and fire. The drill will include a static Boeing 777 aircraft, a debris field and LAX's six new aircraft firefighting apparatus.

Some 200 officials will observe the exercise