Aviation Disaster Exercise
At a glance
- What: the Jacksonville Aviation Authority's full-scale aviation disaster exercise, held October 21, 2026 at the international airport (10:00 AM to 3:00 PM), presented to the council committee as an informational item with an invitation for members to observe.
- Where it stands: no council action was needed. The FAA requires an exercise of this scale every 36 months; this one was widened into a regional resilience drill covering family assistance, airlines, humanitarian groups and recovery, not only the crash response.
- Scenario: a diverted international aircraft and a Florida Air National Guard aircraft. The FBI and Customs and Border Protection were to attend; ATF was invited and the NTSB was not attending.
Sources
- 2026-10-08 - TEU (meeting of 2026-10-06; auto-captions)
Discussion time
About 12 minutes across 1 meeting (from transcript timestamps; approximate).
| Meeting | Minutes |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-08 - TEU | 12 |
Log
- 2026-10-06 - 2026-10-08 - TEU - The Aviation Authority's emergency preparedness manager briefed the committee; Peluso and Arias asked about timing, frequency and outside agencies.