Saturday, 11 April 2015

Indian Air Force reaffirms its commitment towards Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Operations in support of the nation

Indian Air Force reaffirms its commitment towards Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Operations in support of the nation

Indian Air Force (IAF) Concludes Operation in Yemen

Consequent upon the Government of India issuing an advisory for Indian Nationals to leave Yemen, the Indian Air Force (IAF) deployed heavy transport aircraft with alacrity, in support of evacuation operations. In a well coordinated operation involving multi agencies, IAF deployed C-17 Globemaster-III aircraft in 12 shuttles from Djibouti to Mumbai and Kochi. The operation successfully concluded on 10 April 2015. During the entire operation which commenced on 01 April 2015 and concluded today, the IAF evacuated 2096 people. The details of the entire operation successfully completed by the IAF are as follows :-

SL No.
Flown From
Flown To
Date
No. of People Evacuated
Total No. of people  evacuated
1.     
Djibouti
Kochi
01.4.2015
168
2096
1.     
Djibouti
Mumbai
01.4.2015
190
1.     
Djibouti
Mumbai
03.4.2015
334
1.     
Djibouti
Mumbai
05.4.2015
225
1.     
Djibouti
Mumbai
06.4.2015
229
1.     
Djibouti
Mumbai
06.4.2015
175
1.     
Djibouti
Mumbai
07.4.2015
223
1.     
Djibouti
Kochi
08.4.2015
68
1.     
Kochi
Mumbai
08.4.2015
150
1.     
Djibouti
Mumbai
09.4.2015
177
1.     
Kochi
Mumbai
09.4.2015
62
1.     
Djibouti
Kochi
10.4.2015
95

It would be pertinent to note that transport aircraft are being utilised extensively for Human Assistance Disaster Relief (HADR) operations. The Indian Air Force, after proving its mettle in bringing succour to scores of people after Jammu & Kashmir in September last year has once again risen to the occasion and added a pioneering chapter in Disaster Relief by bringing home the Indians evacuated from Yemen. The Indian Air Force reaffirms its commitment towards Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Operations in support of the nation.

Source: PIB News

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