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Diass, July 11 (APS) – Limak-AIBD-Summa (LAS), which runs the Blaise-Diagne International Airport in Diass (AIBD), organized a simulation exercise on Wednesday. embarkation of pilgrims, as a prelude to the pilgrimage to the holy places of Islam (Saudi Arabia) scheduled for early August
More than 600 pilgrim-pilots took part in the exercise, an AIBD test for the transport of pilgrims to Saudi land.
Nearly 13,000 pilgrims will travel to Mecca from the Blaise-Diagne International Airport, inaugurated last December, following the closure of the Léopold-Sedar airport. Senghor of Dakar
These pilgrims will be followed in Saudi Arabia by some 10,850 others convoyed by private tour operators.
Most of the people mobilized for the simulation exercise are students and employees of the AIBD (medical staff, police, gendarmes, customs officers …), who made the journey of the passenger, the place of registration of luggage at the departure hall.
The simulation exercise took into account the evacuation of pilgrims who were suffering from a malaise, the management of pilgrims refusing to hand their bags over to baggage handlers or pilgrims with sound-like names Christian.
"We are coming out with great satisfaction from the point of view of the organization. We hope that the simulation will to mitigate the problems, "he said at the end of the test.
The operation which lasted nearly three hours made it possible "to determine the aspects where we need to make corrections, to reinforce the personnel …", explained Mr. Diouf.
"The airport agents have 10 to 20 years of experience in organizing the pilgrimage to Mecca, the only thing that will change is the new environment they will have to go to. adapt, "he said.
They also deem it necessary to install a marquee near the track or to bring the pilgrims down to a place where they will not have to wait long under the sun or the rain.
The suggestions of those who took part in the simulation will be collected using cards distributed to them.
Abdoul Aziz Mbaye, his communication officer, said that "the care of 250 pilgrims in one hour ", by the agents of the company LAS, is considered" good ".
"All this work will be accompanied by a communication on three levels: there will be a film on the passenger circuit, which will be broadcast on television channels, another film on the access map to Diass. traditional communicators will sensitize pilgrims on the spot, on the behaviors to have, products prohibited in luggage, such as kola nuts, talismans or gray-gray, non-prescription drugs, etc. ", assured the head of the LAS communication, Tidiane Tamba.
The company AIBD Assistance Service, has promised to recruit, for the "awareness" of pilgrims, agents speaking local languages, in order to facilitate communication with candidates for pilgrimage to La Mecca.
"Finished ready" for the reception of pilgrims, it can accommodate 600 to 700 passengers, he assured.
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