Indian Air Force C-17 heavy lifter in Yemen

[Abingdonboy]

INS Mumbai arrives:

 

[Irfan Baloch]

one is passenger plane and other is military transport plane. civilian passenger plan can accommodate more passangers. india is also using IA planes. the reason for using c-17 is because if any attack on the airport occurred the c-17 can takeoff in short runway. india is evacuating every on who came to airport or sea port. it is safer to use military planes than civilins planes as military planes have countermeasures in case of an attack on the transport planes.

you wasted time on responding to a ill thought post. there is simply no comparison . India employed what it felt right and it got the job done, evacuation of its citizens

the quicker we get out of that place and stay out the better. the Coalition will take it on the Yemenis for the recent fall of Tikrit at the hands of Iranian supported forces and also the recent welcome development in terms of Iran Nuclear deal.

as for India
job done and well done

 

[Soumitra]

Naval destroyer INS Mumbai in Yemen evacuation mission in ‘war-like’ situation
PTI | Apr 4, 2015, 09.44 PM IST

Indian naionals, who were stranded in Yemen, being flown back to India in an Indian Air Force C17 (Globemaster) aircraft after being evacuated from Djibouti, on April 2, 2015. (PTI photo)

NEW DELHI: Amid war-like conditions in Yemen's Aden, the Navy on Saturday pressed into action INS Mumbai, a guided-missile destroyer, to evacuate the second batch of Indians from the port city.

The warship placed itself just outside Aden harbour as part of "Operation Raahat" as heavy firing was reported in Aden where the Saudi-led coalition is fighting Houthi rebels who are making a bid for the city.

Indian authorities have hired small crafts which are being used to move 30-35 Indians at one time from the port to INS Mumbai, the Navy said. The warship could not dock at the city port due to heavy shelling.

While the exact number of Indians stranded there is not known, defence sources put it over 200.

"Absolute tough environment at Aden ... Evacuation of stranded Indians being carried out in almost war-like conditions by Indian naval ship Mumbai," the Navy said.

The first batch of Indians from Yemen arriving at the Cochin International Airport on wee hours of Thursday, after a harrowing experience including a night evacuation from Aden to Djibouti. (TOI photo by Jipson Sikhera)

So far, 1,350 Indians have been evacuated from Yemen and efforts are on to rescue over 2,000 others from various parts of the strife-torn country where situation has deteriorated significantly due to escalation in fighting between warring groups.

Minister of state for external affairs VK Singh, who was overseeing the massive evacuation operation from Djibouti, had also gone to Sanaa, the largest Yemeni city from where Air India was rescuing Indians after getting permission to land. Singh has come back to Djibouti on Saturday.

Sources said though security situation was becoming more precarious in Sanaa due to increasing hold of al-Qaida terrorists, India has been given slots to carry out air sorties to take out its citizens from the city.

"Maximum slots to carry out air sorties have been given to India. We were given two slots yesterday and two slots today. We hope to continue the evacuation from Saana."

Supporters of the Houthi rebels demonstrate against the Saudi-led air strikes on Yemen, in Sanaa. (Reuters photo)

They sought to allay fears of kidnapping of Indians in Yemen, asserting that the situation was not like that in Iraq.

The sources said Indian Navy ship Tarkash and two other commercial ships are also available for evacuation of Indians from port cities including from Al-Hudaydah.

They said India had rescued two Nepalese and three nationals each of Bangladeshi and Pakistan also from Al-Hudaydah city two days back.

 

[Gessler]

PIA b747 was first one reached eden and took 503 pakistani .its double then mighty c-17 is joke

here you gooooooooooooooooooooooooo

How many pieces of cutlery did PIA staff steal from this trip?

C-17 = Nothing comes close.

You send airliners cuz your air force lacks heavy lifters !!

 

[Imran Khan]

How many pieces of cutlery did PIA staff steal from this trip?

C-17 = Nothing comes close.

You send airliners cuz your air force lacks heavy lifters !!

bitch please

 

[Abingdonboy]

 

[Jayanta]

And those some countries are?

Till some years back India was in that category of countries.

Stop the dic* measuring contest..tough times calls for tough measures...all countries be it China, India or Pakistan...have all helped evacuate their citizen as well as others. Appreciate the help provided by all..

 

[Aarush]

https://twitter.com/x/status/584548982166196225

https://twitter.com/x/status/584546285790732288

https://twitter.com/x/status/584315804574814208

 

[East or West India Best]

c-17 has too less seats its even less then a regional aircraft liek A-320 or Boieng 737

c-17 can carry only
80 on 8 pallets, plus 54 passengers on sidewall seats
http://www.boeing.com/defense/c-17-globemaster-iii/

You're comparing gulab jamans to angoors. One is a military plane and the other is a civilian.

 

[Soumitra]

https://twitter.com/x/status/584569519303032832

 

[daring dude]

Too all Indians, check this your own news,,,then come up with something different......

11 Indians Rescued by Pakistan From Yemen

 

[Brahmos_2]

'Operation Raahat' onboard INS Mumbai ( April 5, 2015 ) - YouTube

 

[hkdas]

Yemen crisis: Indian Navy completes evacuation from Aden, tweets Sushma Swaraj | Zee News

 

[Jai_Hind]

Too all Indians, check this your own news,,,then come up with something different......

11 Indians Rescued by Pakistan From Yemen

So what are you trying to say..??

 

[Capt.Popeye]

So what are you trying to say..??

Never mind him..... now take a look at this. An update on how OP RAAHAT is progressing, it also explains how many non-Indians: 200 people (from 25 countries) have been evacuated/rescued by the IN and IAF. The magnitude of the difficulties being encountered in this OP.

Operation Raahat: Mission Accomplished

Which shows that it is a trans-national effort underway. India has got the largest Naval and Air assets in place for the evacuation.