More than 18 tons of relief goods were brought by helicopter to the flooded area of Nghe An.

By the afternoon of July 24, the helicopter force mobilized by the Ministry of National Defense had successfully carried out 6 helicopter flights transporting more than 18 tons of emergency relief goods to areas severely isolated by floods in Nghe An province. The flights were carried out according to a flexible mobility plan, ensuring essential supplies were delivered to key areas, promptly supporting people in urgent situations.

The first flight landed in Tuong Duong commune ( Nghe An province), which had been isolated by floods for many days. The next flight approached Muong Xen and Con Cuong communes. In My Ly and Nhon Mai communes, due to the rugged terrain and lack of safe landing locations, the flight crew dropped supplies from above.

According to the plan, the helicopter would go to Muong Tip and Muong Ai areas, which were severely eroded and isolated, but due to bad weather, the plane was forced to change course and land at Chan village, Tuong Duong commune.

Flood scene in western Nghe An seen from a helicopter.

Floods caused serious damage to communes in the west of Nghe An province.

Devastating scene after flood in Tuong Duong commune.

Mr. Le Van Luong, Secretary of the Party Committee of Tuong Duong Commune, said: “Helicopters have brought tons of essential supplies to villages that have been isolated for many days. However, this amount of goods is only enough for people to use for about a day. The locality is in dire need of additional support to ensure that no one goes hungry.”

Reporters from the People's Army Newspaper directly flew on rescue helicopters, looking down from above, entire villages and communes were submerged in muddy floodwaters. The once lush green fields were now just vast puddles. Along Highway 7A, a series of serious landslides had carved deep into the mountainside, blocking all road supply routes.

The helicopter landed its first flight at Tuong Duong commune stadium, Nghe An province.

Dozens of tons of goods were transported to people isolated by floods.

After two flights, Lieutenant Colonel Tran Duc Khanh, Head of Training Department, Northern Helicopter Company, said that air relief operations encountered many difficulties. After the storm, the weather changed erratically, and thunderstorms could strike at any time, affecting the flight. Finding a place to drop supplies to the people was very difficult. Fortunately, some communes such as Tuong Duong had stadiums that could land, but many communes such as My Ly and Nhon Mai had rugged mountainous terrain and were cut off by floodwaters, so there was no place for the helicopter to land, and the flight crew had to drop supplies from above.

"The Northern Helicopter Company (Army Corps 18, Ministry of National Defense ) always has a level 2 flight crew, ready to perform rescue missions. To carry out safe and effective flights, the flight crew has done a good job of preparing, selecting experienced comrades with high flying hours. When receiving the mission, we deployed as quickly as possible but still had to ensure procedures and safety," added Lieutenant Colonel Tran Duc Khanh.

*On the afternoon of July 24, Major Phan Duc Tam, Political Commissar of My Ly Border Guard Station, said that the unit had obtained accurate information confirming that 103 households in Cha Nga village located near the Vietnam - Laos border were absolutely safe.

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