The airport drill tests airport personnel and local first responders on response times and how they can best assist in a disaster.

The company is planning “eGates” at major U.S. airports, using biometrics to match faces to IDs and boarding passes.

The airport is currently running a full-scale emergency drill to test crisis response systems; commercial flights are not impacted.

The Albany County Airport Authority Board plans to hire a search firm to help it recruits a permanent CEO, more than a year after it informed its previous CEO his contract would not be renewed.