KUALA LUMPUR: The Eagle Stealth Safety Exercise to test the country’s preparedness and response capabilities in handling aviation security threats will be held at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Terminal 1 on Thursday.
The National Security Council (NSC), under the Prime Minister’s Department, said the exercise would run from 9am to 11.30pm and was being conducted in collaboration with Malaysia Airports.
It said the exercise aimed to assess preparedness levels, inter-agency coordination and the effectiveness of the national response mechanism in addressing civil aviation security threats.
“Flight operations will continue as usual and this exercise will not affect flight services or operations at KLIA,” it said in a statement.
NSC advised members of the public around KLIA Terminal 1 to remain calm if they witnessed the movement of security personnel, operational assets or training activities during the exercise.
“There is no actual threat. All activities conducted are purely simulations for training purposes,” it said.