PHOTOS : Army, IAF & Pvt Copters In North India Flood Rescue

[SRP]

Indo-Tibetan Border Police briefing:

4,000 saved today
Going to hotels and making sure people are safe in Badrinath
Ropeway established. Our people can use but not public
Rescue can start from tomorrow through the means of ropeway probably
Some yatris are stuck in villages. They are being brought to Uttarkashi
We want to make sure all border villages are safe
Some people are stuck in Spiti valley
Seven Israelis not well. They are safe, checked-in hotel. They can go to Kazaa tomorrow
When Kailash Mansarovar yatra is on, many people go there. They are all safe

Air Marshall briefs about the rescue operations:

Weather wasn't as good, so didn't waste sorties
Knew right time to go
An air bridge to Dharasu has been added
There is no road connectivity
C130 full of fuel sent
Dharasu air base helping out with rescue operations
Nine helicopters operating in Gaucher. 2,000 people have been saved
More than 300 sorties
C-130s saved injured
Medical team going to Dharasu tomorrow
Will be able to clear Gaucher tomorrow with Army
In Pithoragarh, two-three people saved
Totally 900 sorties, 6,000 saved

General Bhatia from the Army briefs on rescue operations:

Operations going on well-coordinated
Focusing on difficult areas
Critical areas are Jungle Chetti and Kedarnath
Made foot-track, 110 out using foot-track
Helicopters and explosives used
All people will be evacuated from Jungle Chetti tomorrow
Gageria been evacuated completely
62 trekkers in Pindari glacier evacuated
In Harshil, two pilgrims were left. Vehicles sent to get them out
Mountain institute helping people
In Badrinath, people are safe
In Janki Chatti by Gangotri, we will reach people there
We made a Burma bridge today
We will take the stragglers on foot and put additional special forces
We want to send doctors and engineers

Status report from government of Uttarakhand

Given facts the operations are going on, figures could be tentative
Figures from 4pm today from Uttarakhand are: 557 deaths, 412 people injured, 70,000 evacuated and 22,000 stranded

 

[anant_s]

SALUTE !!!!

 

[Abingdonboy]

 

[acetophenol]

The choppers of Sarang Display team is also used,now thats what I call effective use of resources!

 

[Koovie]

 

[Abingdonboy]

 

[Koovie]

Just curious, isnt the C 17 also capable to perform very short landings and take off`s ?

Although its unlikely that the IAF will use aircraft which have been in service for barely a week....

 

[Abingdonboy]

The choppers of Sarang Display team is also used,now thats what I call effective use of resources!

Indeed! I had a unclear YT vid of a couple of red ALHs and I was like "WTF"?! Now it turns out they are SARANGs- just incredible! Thrill the crowds and rescue the innocents- all in a day's work!

 

[anant_s]

The choppers of Sarang Display team is also used,now thats what I call effective use of resources!

For prospective customers of Dhruva, there is no better display than the effective show these machines are currently putting up at this crisis hour in the hills!

 

[Abingdonboy]

Just curious, isnt the C 17 also capable to perform very short landings and take off`s ?

Although its unlikely that the IAF will use aircraft which have been in service for barely a week....

They are but it depends on if the airfields anywhere near the area are rated to land such a heavy and large a/c. Secondly whilst the IAF pilots are trained on the C-17 they have only had this plane at home for <1 week and as such will, naturally, still be getting to grips with it. Thirdly the IAF has high health and safety rules in place and ideally the IAF would send out a completely empty C-17 with an experienced aircrew to test out any ALG with a full ARFF crash team on the ground as well as C-17 air controllers and of course this is not possible right now so better to just play it safe. These are far from ideal conditions and it is understandable if these assets aren't deployed. The IAF has been using IL-76s in this effort (just not to land at ALGs as this is impossible for them).


I had initially thought about the idea too though!

It seems that whenever you see an IAF C-130J, the IAF police are nearby!

 

[Abingdonboy]

Just curious, isnt the C 17 also capable to perform very short landings and take off`s ?

Although its unlikely that the IAF will use aircraft which have been in service for barely a week....

+ addtioanlly the C-17s haven't been officially commissioned into the IAF as of yet, this will only happen when the next 2 C-17s arrive in India in Mid-August. Between now and then I'm guess a LOT of certification and procedural work has to go on. I doubt the C-17 has been declared operationally active by the IAF yet so to bring this plane in to this op could very well do more harm than good.


It's a shame that these birds weren't in service a few months earlier, they'd be in this operation for sure if they had been.

 

[thestringshredder]

NEW DELHI: In an innovative step, the IAF on Saturday established "an aviation fuel supply bridge" at Dharasu in Uttarakhand to give greater impetus to the ongoing rescue operations, which were being severely restricted due to non availability of aviation fuel.

The first C-130J "Super Hercules" aircraft from the Hindon airbase landed at Dharasu, an advanced landing ground with an airstrip only 1300-feet long, early on Saturday morning for the first time despite inclement weather.

"On landing the aircraft defueled 8,000 litres of fuel into an empty bowser which had been airlifted on Friday from Sarsawa by a Mi-26 heavy-lift helicopter. With the availability of additional fuel now at Dharasu, the extraction, evacuation and rescue operations have picked up pace and the available helicopters are now able to make more number of trips," said IAF spokesperson Squadron Leader Priya Joshi.

Apart from the carrying fuel to Dharasu, the first C-130J on its return trip carried about 40 and the second aircraft about 100 injured and stranded pilgrims to the safer plains of Air Force Station at Hindon, on the outskirts of Delhi.

An emergency medical centre has been set up at Hindon for the medical check-up of all the people arriving on board the aircraft.

"The first two C-130J aircraft carried fuel to Dharasu, while a third is carrying a medical team of the IAF to attend to sick people at Dharasu itself before they are moved out to safer places," she said.

Having paved the way for fixed wing aircraft landing at Dharasu, the IAF also pressed its AN-32 aircraft also into action. These aircraft are carrying disaster communication equipment, some more aviation fuel, Sudan pumps for refueling the helicopters and 4,200 kgs of bridging equipment of BRO. The heavy lift Mi-26 helicopter will also be airlifting the heavy equipment of BRO to facilitate road repair and construction work.

"While the fuel bridging has given impetus to rescue operations, increased flying activity in the narrow valleys is posing a new challenge to traffic management and safe flying. IAF has inducted additional personnel to ensure smooth planning, coordination and execution of flying operations, be it Air Force, Army or civilian operators," she said.

"Since Saturday morning, till 3 pm in the afternoon, the IAF has flown about 149 sorties in which 26, 700 kgs of load and 1,355 passengers were airlifted. Overall, the IAF towards 'Op Rahat', has flown 768 sorties in which 1,03,350 kgs of load has been dropped/landed and 5,347 passengers airlifted," she said.

Link - IAF's 'Super Hercules' aircraft lands at Dharasu in Uttarakhand for rescue operation - The Times of India

Link - http://www.livefistdefence.com/2013/06/photos-iaf-c-130j-in-flood-relief.html

 

[kaykay]

The choppers of Sarang Display team is also used,now thats what I call effective use of resources!

and besides they are the best chopper pilots!!

 

[Parul]

Mate, there are 5 to 6 thread's running on same topic....We can post all the information in one thread instead of opening so many.....

http://www.defence.pk/forums/indian...iaf-pvt-copters-north-india-flood-rescue.html
@nuclearpak @Oscar, please merge the threads...

 

[kaykay]

IAF has put a total 23 MI-17V5s, 11 Dhruvs, 1 MI-26 and 1 chetak to rescue operations(additional aircrafts are being used too).
Similarly Army has put many light helos and Dhruvs there.