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Episode 7

Documentary series that goes behind the scenes at the airports across the Highlands and islands. In this episode, the fire team at Barra Airport prepares for an emergency exercise.

Anns an t-sreath seo ch矛 sinn d猫 a bhios a' tachairt air c霉l ghnothaichean aig puirt-adhair na G脿idhealtachd is nan Eilean tro sh霉ilean an fheadhainn a tha ag obair annta. An t-seachdain-sa, aig Port-adhair Bharraigh tha an luchd-sm脿laidh ag ullachadh airson eacarsaich 猫iginn far a bheil mas fhiar tubaist itealain air tachairt air p矛os fearainn aig ceann thall an Tr脿igh Mh貌r.

Tha daoine 脿s a' choimhearsnachd a' leigeil orra gu robh iad anns an tubaist agus tha na seirbheisean 猫iginn a' tighinn sa bhad. Aig Port-adhair an t-脪bain bith dusan turas aig p矛leat Friseal Sim anns an latha - a' sg猫ith eadar an t-脪ban, Tiriodh agus Colla. 'S e Iain A Moireasdan (Nangie) a tha an urra ris na tha a' dol air adhart aig Port-adhair Cholla. Agus tha luchd-sm脿laidh Sumburgh ann a Sealtainn air fios fhaighinn gu bheil itealan a' tighinn a-steach a dh'fheumas tre貌rachadh.

This series gives viewers a behind the scenes view of the airports across the Highlands and Islands, through the eyes of the people who work there.

In this programme, the fire team at Barra Airport prepares for an emergency exercise where a plane has supposedly come down on land at the far side of the beach runway. People from the local community volunteer to be the stricken passengers, and the emergency services are quickly on the scene.

At Oban Airport, pilot Fraser Sim has 12 flight rotations today, island hopping between Oban, Tiree and Coll. Iain A Morrison (Nangie) is in charge of air traffic information at Coll. Today an extra flight has been put on to take the schoolchildren who had been delayed by bad weather across to school in Oban. And the firefighters at Sumburgh Airport in Shetland are on marshaling duty, guiding incoming planes to the right gate.

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