Ensuring the safety of emergency relief flights

(NLDO)- Humanitarian relief flight operations affirm the capacity of Flight Management to ensure absolute safety for all flights under any circumstances.

Faced with the serious flood situation caused by storm No. 11 in the provinces of Cao Bang , Lang Son, Thai Nguyen and many mountainous areas in the North, road traffic was cut off, many areas were isolated and deeply flooded, Vietnam Air Traffic Management Corporation (VATM) urgently directed its affiliated units, especially the Northern Air Traffic Management Company, to closely coordinate with the Air Defense - Air Force Service in ensuring absolute safety of flight operations for humanitarian relief flights.

Helicopters of Regiment 916 carry relief goods to Lang Son

On October 8 alone, VATM flight operations units coordinated effectively to ensure safety for 14 takeoffs and landings of helicopter flights transporting relief goods from Hoa Lac, Kep and Gia Lam airports to isolated areas in Cao Bang, Thai Nguyen and Lang Son.

Flights conducted by the 918th Air Brigade and the 916th Air Regiment carried dozens of tons of essential goods including food, medicine, clean water, life jackets and necessities, transported to areas that ground vehicles could not reach due to rising floodwaters.

Helicopters take off to rescue people in flooded areas of Lang Son.

According to information from the Ministry of National Defense, on the morning of October 8, three Mi-171 and Mi-17 helicopters of the Air Defense - Air Force took off from Gia Lam airport, carrying more than 4 tons of relief goods to completely isolated communes in Lang Son and Cao Bang. In conditions of deep flooding and bad weather, many flights were forced to drop goods from the air, requiring coordination and providing navigation information to be carried out accurately and absolutely safely.

As the agency responsible for operating civil and military flights in the assigned airspace, Vietnam Air Traffic Management Corporation has proactively deployed and coordinated synchronously between regional Air Traffic Control Centers, aviation meteorological agencies, and Flight Command Boards at Hoa Lac, Kep, and Gia Lam airports to ensure safety and smooth operation of these special flights.

Flight operations crew at Hanoi Long-Range Control Center

Air traffic controllers at the Hanoi Area Control Center (ACC Hanoi), the Approach Control Center - at Noi Bai Airport (APP Noi Bai) and the Forward Flight Control Stations always keep abreast of the actual situation, continuously update meteorological information and air traffic conditions, coordinate flexible air traffic flows, and provide maximum support to flight crews in conditions of heavy rain, low clouds and limited visibility.

Carrying out missions with relief flights demonstrates the sense of responsibility, professional capacity and dedication of the Vietnam Air Traffic Management team in times of emergency. Every precise command, every timely guidance information, every smooth coordination between the air traffic control force and the air force contributes to bringing "Humanitarian flights" to people affected by storms and floods, spreading the spirit of mutual love and community of the Vietnam aviation industry.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/cong-tac-dieu-hanh-nhung-chuyen-bay-cuu-tro-khan-cap-co-gi-dac-biet-196251010000546931.htm