Kochi, Nov 8:
Cochin International Airport Ltd will get two new airfield crash fire
tenders
The addition of these fire tenders, made by Iveco Magirus of Germany — a
FIAT group company — will increase the fleet size of the aircraft rescue and
fire fighting department to seven.
Iveco Magirus crash fire tenders by have a very significant presence at
European airports.
These fire tenders are twin-engine vehicles capable of delivering 1080
HP engine power, almost two and half times more power than the airfield crash
fire tenders that the airport now uses.
These vehicles can achieve speeds of 80 km in less than 25 seconds with
a load of 12,000 litres of water, 1,500 litres of fire-fighting foam, and
other fire fighting media.
It can achieve a top speed of 130 km per hour with full load.
These fire tenders are capable of extinguishing fire from a distance of
90 metres using 8,000 litres of foam in a minute with its roof monitor,
according to a press release.
These fire tenders are expected to join the airport’s fleet by early
2013.
After their arrival, the Cochin airport’s fire department will move to a
higher category (CAT 10) which will have the capability to handle Airbus A380,
the largest passenger aircraft in the world.
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