Air force rescues three

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Air force Bell 412 rescued two fishermen in the sea off Kollupitiya in two separate rescue operations and they were air lifted to Galle Face grounds, Air Force sources said.

Another fisherman was also resuced from a capsized boat off the Beruwala seas by the Air force Bell 412.

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GC Saturday, 08 June 2013 06:36 AM

Can't they deploy more than one helicopter? Is that all available at the moment?

Merv Saturday, 08 June 2013 07:45 AM

GC For your kind information the rest of the helicopters are reserved for VIP transport a far more crucial task.

Remember No politicians:= No Sri Lanka.

Boss Saturday, 08 June 2013 12:00 AM

Bell 412 in operation...hopefully it doesn't make a technical problem.. via DM Android App

Tharaka Chanaka Saturday, 08 June 2013 08:57 AM

All the rest have been converted to VVVIP configurations....

rohan de silva Saturday, 08 June 2013 09:14 AM

GC,
No, the other ones are very very busy transporting very very important people... !

panda Saturday, 08 June 2013 12:00 AM

why not give more helicopters to people who sre in desperately need .. via DM Android App

Sam Saturday, 08 June 2013 03:07 PM

Grow up people, you cannot even go to the toilet without politics.? Shame on you. Do you really know how many helicoptors needed to be deployed? Think sensibly, that's more or less the same even in developed countries. For example, i remember there was a recent rescue operation which happened in Wales, UK to save some fishing boats capsized due to stormy weather. They had only one heli for that whole operation. Don't they have more? Or reserved for royal family?

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