Question regarding responsibility for removing aircraft from runway
Shortly after the Centurion gear collapse at Viracopos I read in some local news report that an Infraero spokesperson had said it was Centurion's responsibility to remove the aircraft from the runway.
Interesting situation, particularly since Viracopos was recently concessioned, and is now in the process of ops being transferred from Infraero to the concessionaires.
In the end, I'm not sure who removed the DC-10 from the runway, Centurion, Infraero or the new concessionaires or a combination of them. But I'm interested to know how other - especially single-runway - airport authorities deal with similar accidents. Do they have lifting and haulage equipment of their own or of others' standing by? Or do they just leave wreck removal to the accident aircraft's operator and to hell with other operators' schedules?