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Plane down on Yangtze but it's only a drill ...
By Zha Minjie |
September 27, 2012, Thursday
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A drill simulating a plane making an emergency landing on water took place at the mouth of Yangtze River yesterday.
A model plane, the same size as a Boeing 757 but not capable of flight, was used for the drill, with 150 volunteers acting as passengers stranded on the aircraft, maritime officials said.
The exercise was similar to the incident where an American plane successfully ditched in the Hudson River minutes after takeoff in early 2009, officials said.
The drill was to "put our rescue abilities from the water and air to the test," said Xu Zuyuan, vice transport minister and head of China's Maritime Search and Rescue Center.
During the drill, which lasted around 45 minutes, "passengers" were first evacuated to the plane's wings, waiting to be rescued. They were then taken on board boats and ships, as well as helicopters.
Some played the part of wounded passengers airlifted to helicopters hovering above the scene for transfer to hospital.
The rescue center said it had conducted more than 1,290 actual sea rescue missions this year, saving more than 950 ships and vessels and the lives of more than 11,000 people.
A model plane, the same size as a Boeing 757 but not capable of flight, was used for the drill, with 150 volunteers acting as passengers stranded on the aircraft, maritime officials said.
The exercise was similar to the incident where an American plane successfully ditched in the Hudson River minutes after takeoff in early 2009, officials said.
The drill was to "put our rescue abilities from the water and air to the test," said Xu Zuyuan, vice transport minister and head of China's Maritime Search and Rescue Center.
During the drill, which lasted around 45 minutes, "passengers" were first evacuated to the plane's wings, waiting to be rescued. They were then taken on board boats and ships, as well as helicopters.
Some played the part of wounded passengers airlifted to helicopters hovering above the scene for transfer to hospital.
The rescue center said it had conducted more than 1,290 actual sea rescue missions this year, saving more than 950 ships and vessels and the lives of more than 11,000 people.
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