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Flight sorties in 2018

  • Release Date:2019-01-10
  • Source:NASC
  1. Airborne disaster rescue: 72 sorties of firefighting: water drop travels: 185; Quantity of water dropped: 370.24 tons; number of people carried: 277. 
  2. Airborne rescues: 
    (1) 137 sorties of search and rescue missions in the mountains: number of people rescued (evacuated): 54; number of people carried: 35; quantity of supplies carried: 2,085 kg. 
    (2) 6 sorties of rescuing drowning people; 
    (3) 332 sorties of rescue at sea: number of people rescued (evacuated): 89; number of people carried: 2. 
  3. Airborne medical evacuation: 
    (1) 21 sorties of emergency evacuation: number of people rescued (evacuated): 20; number of people carried: 3. 
    (2) 125 sorties of medical transfer transportation: number of people rescued (evacuated): 123; number of people carried: 120. 
    (3) 1 sortie of organ transplant flight. 
  4. Airborne observation and reconnaissance: 
    (1) 9 sorties of air survey of natural disasters; 
    (2) 135 sorties of offshore (coastal) recon, patrol and escort; 
    (3) 16 sorties of national security patrol; 
    (4) 121 sorties of aerial survey and photography for general homeland planning. 
  5. 28 sorties of airborne transportation: number of people carried: 117; quantity of supplies transported: 45,742 kg. 
  6. 3,638 sorties for mission readiness.