Chautauqua County Airport News

Chautauqua Lake Airplane Crash Exercise Scheduled

Personnel from the U. S. Coast Guard, Chautauqua County, Lakewood Fire Department, the State of New York, WCA Hospital and more than 2 dozen partner agencies are scheduled to hold a mass-rescue exercise on the ice of Chautauqua Lake in the vicinity of Lakewood Community Park (Duck Park) on Saturday Feb. 22, 2014, The exercise is scheduled to begin at 8:45 a.m. and should last for approximately 4 hours. The exercise simulation involves a jet crashing into the lake after encountering severe icing upon takeoff from the Chautauqua County Airport. The jet, headed west crash- lands on the lake and breaks into several parts and is partially submerged in approximately 15 feet of water with 43 passengers aboard.