Posted by Maria Dudzak | Jan 29, 2021 Ketchikan’s airport officials say don’t be alarmed by the sight of flashing lights, ambulances and fire crews at the Ketchikan International Airport on Saturday. The airport’s security supervisor Mark Sivertsen says it’s only a drill. “So every three years we have to do a live emergency exercise drill that involves a simulated airplane crash with all the first responders, pretty much, in Ketchikan coming over.” In past years, locals have volunteered to be victims, complete with moulage makeup and tagged with cards detailing their injuries. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Sivertsen says mannequins and cardboard cutouts will be used.