Dujiangyan, two towns in Dujiangyan and tens of thousands of people were trapped by the air force and rushed to the rescue.

On the afternoon of the 13th, there were torrential rains in the towns of Hongkou and Longchi in Dujiangyan City. More than 1,000 people and tourists were besieged by floods and mudslides were triggered in many places. The Chengdu Military Region Air Force rushed to the disaster area for the first time. As of 15:17 pm on the 14th, the air force has dispatched 4 helicopters, successfully opened two field helicopter landing sites in the flood-afflicted area of ​​Dujiangyan, and rescued 65 displaced people.

Hongkou and Longchi are located in the mountainous area and are one of the worst-hit areas in the Wenchuan earthquake and are undergoing post-disaster reconstruction. At 12:06 on the 14th, a division of the air-aviation division, Hao Shiyong, drove the Mi-171 helicopter to land at Longchi Elementary School to lower the point and successfully rescued the first group of six wounded and trapped people.

At 23:30 on the evening of the 13th, after receiving a request from the local government, the air command post held an emergency meeting overnight to focus on the deployment of the disaster and organize the army to go all out to support the disaster relief area in Dujiangyan. In order to strengthen the organization and coordination of relief operations, Cheng Kong set up an on-site command group composed of operations, communications, navigation, and meteorological departments in Dujiangyan City.

At 7 a.m. on the 14th, the deputy commander of the air battle Houshun led 91 officers and soldiers, carrying 4 communications command vehicles, 21 (sets) of communications equipment, 2 sets of Beidou satellite navigation system, 2 handheld GPS, 2 sets of affected areas With 1:25 million charts, they rushed to the tourism center of Longchi Town in Dujiangyan City to meet with the disaster relief commanders of the local government to organize and implement rescue operations.

Since the disaster area is in the valley and is surrounded by mountains and mountains, it is very difficult to select the field landing point for rescue aircraft. Rescuing the crew, the rescue team successfully built a field landing site on a hillside in Longchi Town. It only takes 10 minutes to fly from the disaster area of ​​the primary school in Dujiangyan North Street, which greatly facilitates the rescue operations.

In Dujiangyan North Street Primary School, the reporter saw that the people who were rescued in the first batch of disaster areas were old people and children. The 6-year-old girl, Deng Shan, told reporters immediately that her uncle was missing in the flash flood. According to Wang Wei, the crew of the unit involved in the rescue, he saw on the plane that only in the disaster area of ​​Longchi, the mountain torrent that broke out last night drowned several villages in the ravine. Large houses were soaked in water and many people climbed onto the roof to wait. Rescue. Flash floods caused mudslides on more than 10 slopes, resulting in complete disruption of roads and communications in these areas. The entire rescue relied entirely on air routes.

As of the time of the press release, two planes were flying in and out of the disaster area, and more people were being rescued. At the same time, the delivery of disaster relief personnel and food, medicine and other relief supplies have gradually begun.

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