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IAF swings into relief operations in J&K

| | Sep 06, 2014, at 11:14 pm
#IAF rescue in Kashmir # Kashmir flood
New Delhi, Sept 6 (IBNS): Lending a helping hand in rescue and relief operations in the flood ravaged Jammu & Kashmir, Indian Air Force on Saturday mounted IL-76 sorties and pressed into action two AN-32 aircraft to airlift NDRF teams and equipment from Bhatinda to Srinagar and Jammu Air Force Bases.

The Western Air Command HQ has opened a disaster monitoring cell that is coordinating the efforts between all its bases including Srinagar, Udhampur, Jammu & Sarsawa apart from fixed wing effort from other bases. 

 
The IAF Command has alerted all its bases to a high state of readiness to respond to the emerging situation. 
 
Helicopter sorties could not be done from Srinagar due to inclement weather. 
 
6 sorties by Mi-17 IV and Mi-17 V-5 were launched from Jammu AF Station that evacuated 108 personnel, of them 94 personnel were moved to safer areas. 
 
Many of them were stranded on rooftops, marooned in the floods. 
 
The IL-76 airlifted 32 tonnes of load and 162 NDRF personnel to Srinagar, where as two AN-32 carried 25 NDRF personnel and load of 4 Tonnes to AF Station Jammu. 
 
The IAF has assigned aircrafts at its bases at Agra, Chandigarh, Suratgarh and Sarsawa apart from those in J&K area for the relief operation.
 

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