After recent crashes, local airport Dir. lays out FAA regulations to ease public worry

SALISBURY, Md. – After two recent plane crashes in Kazakhstan and South Korea, the public has its worries about the aviation industry.

Salisbury Airport director, Tony Rudy said worry is to be expected after these fatal incidents, however, the Federal Aviation Administration maintains tight regulations for airports across the board.

“All airports in the US are required by the FAA to meet certain standards and we’re no exception,” Rudy said.

“Every three years, airports with commercial service are required to do a full-scale exercise, that’s basically a dry run if an actual accident were to happen, and that’s based on the size of the aircraft we have and the number of passengers that can be expected on the aircraft,” Rudy added.

to keep up with those FAA standards, the Salisbury Airport goes through regular checks. Rudy said the extensive tests and mock exercises help ensure passenger and crew safety.

“Every year, we do a review of our airport emergency plan, and we do that with all the other players as well,” Rudy said.

Rudy said airports across the country, big or small, can learn from the tragic crashes.

“Whenever there is an accident or an incident, it’s thoroughly investigated, and they try to figure out what’s the chain of events that caused that and how could we possibly prevent that from happening in the future,” Rudy said.