Nearly 400 people, including university students, were taken to safety today by a team of defence and NDRF personnel as operations continued in full swing to rescue and distribute relief to those stranded in the aftermath of the torrential rains in Chennai.
Defence aircraft as also a couple of civilian ones ferried people to Delhi and Hyderabad since morning even as IAF flew sorties to bring more people to the naval base here that has played a critical role in the overall operations.
“A C-17 Globemaster carrying 172 people left from here at around 11:30 AM for Delhi. A TrueJet flight also took off carrying 70 people, who were flown to Hyderabad.
“An IndiGo flight will soon fly to Delhi with 150 people on board,” a senior naval official said.
‘INS Rajali’, the naval base here and the Tambaram Air Base, about 30km outside of Chennai, have been working in tandem over the past several days to bring people to safety.
Over 600 people, including stranded civilians and defence personnel, were yesterday flown out from here.
“We sent about 300 people from the Tambaram Base to Arakonnam Base throughout the day. No more sorties are planned as yet,” said Flight Lieutenant Mohanan Chandrika at Tamabaram Base.
The navy official added that Mi-14 and AN-32 brought people in batches to the base as operations continued this morning.
Meanwhile, as large areas of Chennai airport remained flooded, commercial operations continued to be suspended there although technical flights have commenced.
The Arakonnam base, located 70km west of Chennai, is currently serving as the makeshift airport.
Civilian aircraft started a few rescue flights from yesterday and four sorties ferried about 320 people from here to different place.
05/12/15 PTI/The Indian Express
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Defence aircraft as also a couple of civilian ones ferried people to Delhi and Hyderabad since morning even as IAF flew sorties to bring more people to the naval base here that has played a critical role in the overall operations.
“A C-17 Globemaster carrying 172 people left from here at around 11:30 AM for Delhi. A TrueJet flight also took off carrying 70 people, who were flown to Hyderabad.
“An IndiGo flight will soon fly to Delhi with 150 people on board,” a senior naval official said.
‘INS Rajali’, the naval base here and the Tambaram Air Base, about 30km outside of Chennai, have been working in tandem over the past several days to bring people to safety.
Over 600 people, including stranded civilians and defence personnel, were yesterday flown out from here.
“We sent about 300 people from the Tambaram Base to Arakonnam Base throughout the day. No more sorties are planned as yet,” said Flight Lieutenant Mohanan Chandrika at Tamabaram Base.
The navy official added that Mi-14 and AN-32 brought people in batches to the base as operations continued this morning.
Meanwhile, as large areas of Chennai airport remained flooded, commercial operations continued to be suspended there although technical flights have commenced.
The Arakonnam base, located 70km west of Chennai, is currently serving as the makeshift airport.
Civilian aircraft started a few rescue flights from yesterday and four sorties ferried about 320 people from here to different place.
05/12/15 PTI/The Indian Express
