Inadequate training and crumbling runways were among the issues found at some small Alberta airports, show Transport Canada documents.
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They found some of the airport’s blue taxiway lights were broken. And, some wing bar lights — used to illuminate the start of the runway where it’s safe to land — were misaligned and “not in the direction of approach to the runway.” “Through interviews and sampling it was discovered that, at the time of inspection, there was no personnel on site that could demonstrate adequate supervision and control to manage any emergency at the airport,” the report states.
At Rainbow Lake Airport, inspectors were concerned with staff failing to warn passengers to not feed wildlife, potentially encouraging animals to come too close to the facility.
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