Indian Air Force Begins Relief Mission To Tsunami-Hit Indonesia

[third eye]

New Delhi:

The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Tuesday embarked on a humanitarian relief mission to help Indonesia that has been hit by an earthquake and tsunami in which more than 1,200 lives were lost.

IAF's C-130J and C-17 aircraft are taking part in the relief operation. The C-130J aircraft is carrying field hospital from Agra while the C-17 aircraft is carrying National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) load, including tents, generators and medicines, an official said.

"The C-130J carrying 37 medical personnel has taken off from Hindon air base for Chennai. From Chennai, the aircraft will take off for Kualanamu International Airport and then move to Palu, Indonesia," the official said.


The C-17 was loaded at Palam with relief material received from National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), including 15.66 tonnes of tentage and generators and 16 tonnes of medicines.

According to Indonesian authorities, the death toll on Tuesday rose to 1,234 in the 7.5-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit Sulawesi island last week.
official said that the medical teams have been instructed to be self-contained for 10 days. Accordingly, they are carrying their rations, generators, fuel, tentage, etc.

In addition, light medical equipment including X-ray machines and medicines are being carried.

 

[Peaceful Civilian]

Good work for humanity.

 

[Skull and Bones]

Hope for minimal loss of life.

 

[third eye]

The unfortunate nation has been hit further by the eruption of a volcano now.

Earthquake, Tsunami & now a volcano.

It needs all the help it can get.

 

[trishna_amṛta]

official said that the medical teams have been instructed to be self-contained for 10 days. Accordingly, they are carrying their rations, generators, fuel, tentage, etc.

In addition, light medical equipment including X-ray machines and medicines are being carried.

That what I called profesional humanitarian / aid team there (10 days self contained logistic)

This may sound strange to most people, but the majority of those so called volunteer aid worker / team (mostly from western nations) doesn't even bring their own logistic let alone any logistic support asset, and most of the time they also doesn't have any clue how to survive in tropical environment. Eventually they end up as liability for the host nation because a team that barely manage to even feed themself will not be able to help others.