C-130J Hercules Makes Tricky Night Landing in Nepal

[janon]

C-130J Hercules Makes Tricky Night Landing in Nepal - NDTV

The Indian Air Force deployed its C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft to transport a team of geologists and disaster management officials to Nepal for clearing the landslide in a river there which is threatening to cause flood in Bihar.

A C-130J Super Hercules aircraft carried out a night landing at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu on Saturday and dropped a team of Geological Survey of India, Central Water Commission and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) there to assist the Nepalese Army in clearing the landlside in a calibrated manner, IAF officials said.

The aircraft was launched at a short notice on the instructions issued by the Cabinet Secretariat to provide help to Nepal in handling the flood situation, they said.

The Special Operations aircraft used its high-end technology equipment to carry out the landing in the tricky airport, where flights do not operate after dark, they said.

The aircraft returned to India at 0330 hours on Sunday after accomplishing its assigned task, the officials said.

Meanwhile, the IAF has deployed a C-17 heavy-lift aircraft with a team of 20 doctors and a mobile hospital in Purnea to handle the flood situation.

The force has kept 14 aircraft on stand by mode to participate in relief operations, if required.

"One Ilyushin-76 transport aircraft in Chandigarh, two An-32s in Agra along with two Mi-17V5 helicopters in Gorakhpur have been kept on stand by. Four Mi-17V5s have been moved from Baghdogra in West Bengal to Purnea in Bihar for relief operations," the officials said.

A landslide in Nepal in Bhate Kosi river -- a tributary of Kosi river in Bihar, has threatened to cause floods in the state and efforts are being made to clear the blockage in the river.

 

[Juggernautjatt]

another feather in the cap of Veiled Vipers..........

 

[Daedalus]

How the central and state government have handled this whole kosi situation is really commendable. They are ready for worse possible scenario.

1. The government has evacuated 44,000 people living along the embankment of the Kosi River as a 10-metre high wall of water is expected to sweep down the river from Nepal soon, officials said. Over one lakh people are expected to be evacuated by today evening.
   
   
2. Six army columns are being moved to the possible area of impact. A C17 military aircraft with medical teams is also on its way. A team of six experts have reached Nepal to assess the situation.
   
   
3. Eight teams of the National Disaster Response Force or NDRF and four teams of the State Disaster Response Force or SDRF have been pressed into service.
   
   
4. The NDRF teams are carrying fibre boats and satellite phones to assist Bihar government officials. Food Corporation of India has been directed to store additional food grain to tide over the crisis.
   
   
5. Air Force personnel and Navy's diving teams have been kept on stand-by to assist in relief operations. The state government has set up 117 relief camps.
   
   
6. The state government has put its personnel on alert and instructed them to evacuate 1.5 lakh people in eight districts -- Supaul, Saharsa, Madhepura, Khagaria, Bhagalpur, Araria, Purnia and Madhubani.

 

[Abingdonboy]

How the central and state government have handled this whole kosi situation is really commendable. They are ready for worse possible scenario.

1. The government has evacuated 44,000 people living along the embankment of the Kosi River as a 10-metre high wall of water is expected to sweep down the river from Nepal soon, officials said. Over one lakh people are expected to be evacuated by today evening.
   
   
2. Six army columns are being moved to the possible area of impact. A C17 military aircraft with medical teams is also on its way. A team of six experts have reached Nepal to assess the situation.
   
   
3. Eight teams of the National Disaster Response Force or NDRF and four teams of the State Disaster Response Force or SDRF have been pressed into service.
   
   
4. The NDRF teams are carrying fibre boats and satellite phones to assist Bihar government officials. Food Corporation of India has been directed to store additional food grain to tide over the crisis.
   
   
5. Air Force personnel and Navy's diving teams have been kept on stand-by to assist in relief operations. The state government has set up 117 relief camps.
   
   
6. The state government has put its personnel on alert and instructed them to evacuate 1.5 lakh people in eight districts -- Supaul, Saharsa, Madhepura, Khagaria, Bhagalpur, Araria, Purnia and Madhubani.

The GoI's national disaster response capabilities and preparedness has been top-notch over the past few years averting potential tragedies (the Cyclone last year) and responding to the Uttrakhand disaster in an impressive manner.

 

[Contrarian]

The GoI's national disaster response capabilities and preparedness has been top-notch over the past few years averting potential tragedies (the Cyclone last year) and responding to the Uttrakhand disaster in an impressive manner.

I would not say top-notch yet..but they have been improving radically in the last few years.
Better equipment, coordination and finalization of modalities has been the main reason for this turn around.

 

[ANPP]

The GoI's national disaster response capabilities and preparedness has been top-notch over the past few years averting potential tragedies (the Cyclone last year) and responding to the Uttrakhand disaster in an impressive manner.

Not NDRF, they were stuck Dehradun due to heavy rain for whole weak. It was IA which did impressive work, mobilizes more than 50000 soldiers from different parts to area and saved thousands lives even bad weather scenario.