Indian Air Force Continues to Provide Relief and Rehabilitation to Stranded Persons of Earthquake Hit Nepal

Continuing the efforts by the IAF to help Nepal which was struck by severe earthquakes on 25 April 2015 and again on 12 May 2015, relief and rehabilitation is being provided to the people in distress across Nepal including remote and inaccessible areas.  The details of operations carried out so far are as under:-

Type of Aircraft	No. of Sorties Carried Out	No. of Persons Evacuated	No. of Casualties Evacuated	Total Tons of Weight Carried	No. of Persons De-Inducted
IL 76	36	--	--	192.90	1452+07 Mortal Remains+02 Lying patients
C-130J	21	--	--	67.70	532
C-17	34	--	--	344.70	1907+11 Lying Patients+07 Sitting Patients
AN-32	12	--	--	06.00	135
MI-17+ MI-17 V5	1304	4395	748	588.70	--
Total	1407	4395	748	1203.10	4026+ 07 Mortal Remains + 13 Lying Patients +       07 Sitting Patients

On 24 May 2015, 42 sorties were carried out by helicopters evacuating 96 people to safer places and 03 casualties were evacuated. The load carried by these helicopters on  24^th May till 0800hrs today was 27.3 tons.

 Courtesy: pib.nic.in