OREANDA-NEWS. On 07 May 2009 was announced, that on April 23rd the territory of Domodedovo Aviation Training Center became ground for a tactical training event, organized by the Ministry of Transport of the State Authority of the Moscow Region.

Such a large-scale training event was held for the first time in the Moscow Aviation Hub. Over 75 specialists of the following organizations and state authorities: Head Safety Administration of the Moscow Region, State District Domodedovo, management and staff of Moscow International Airport Domodedovo, Russian Federal Safety Service Administration in Moscow and the Moscow Region, State Administration for Internal Affairs of the Moscow Region, Domodedovo Airport Police Department, State Institute of Advanced Training of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Ministry of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergency Management and Natural Disasters Response, Domodedovo ambulance medical staff, participated in the event. Representatives of Sheremetyevo and Bykovo airports, "Chimki", "Ramenskoye", "Podolsk" Municipal District State Administrations were invited as guests of the event. 16 special transport units were used during the training.

The staff of special departments of the airport, Domodedovo State District and federal authorities demonstrated a very high level of professionalism and training in dealing with emergencies and detecting explosive devices on the territory of the airport.

The Deputy Minister of Transport of the Moscow Region Vladimir Bolshov commented: "We conducted a detailed analysis of our level of training and readiness in case of a terrorist alert on air transport. We shall be able to apply our experience from this training event on other air transport objects on the territory of the region". Domodedovo airport is partner to such airlines as EL AL Israel Airlines, American Airlines and United Airlines- a 100% justification of compliance of airport safety and security with the highest international standards. Such a high level of safety is maintained at the airport by means of constant advanced training of airport specialists and the implementation of contemporary hi-tech equipment.

Conducting regular tactical training events is a major factor in the improvement of terrorist attack prevention procedures and allows Domodedovo to share best practices with other Russian airports. All these measures promote the increase of the level of aviation safety in the Moscow Aviation Hub. Passengers and clients of Domodedovo may rest assured that they are quite safe from terrorist attacks, the recent training event has proved it.