September 05, 2020 | 20:11 (GMT+7)
Troubled foreign citizen flown ashore for treatment
PANO - A helicopter of the Vietnam Helicopter Corporation, known as Army Corps 18 under the Ministry of National Defense, has landed safely at Hanoi-based Gia Lam heliport after performing a long medical emergency flight at sea, according to the corps on September 4 evening.
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The helicopter is about to land on the helipad of the vessel to receive the patient |
Earlier, at noon on the same day, the corporation was ordered to conduct a medical emergency flight for a Malaysian citizen having an accident while on a vessel en route from Malaysia to Taiwan (China). The ship was some 200km from Chu Lai airport.
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The flight crew and local medical forces carry the patient after landing at Chu Lai airport |
The corporation promptly devised an emergency flight plan in which the flight crew including Senior Colonel Tran Quang Tuan and Major Tran Lam Son, both are level-1 pilots would fly modern helicopter EC-155B1 coded VN-8624.
The helicopter took off from Gia Lam heliport at 11:58 and landed on the helipad of the vessel at 17:17. Right after the helicopter with the patient on board landed at Chu Lai airport at 18:25, the patient was hospitalized under the support of local medical forces. The helicopter returned to Gia Lam heliport at 22:36, completing its mission.
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The helicopter lands at Gia Lam heliport, completing its medical emergency flight mission |
Over the past years, the corporation has conducted a number of medical emergency flights at sea despite unfavorable weather conditions, ensuring absolute safety of patients, participating flight crews, and planes.
Translated by Mai Huong