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Helicopter airlifts tons of dynamites to Tangjiashan quake lake


A helicopter carrying dynamites flies to the Tangjiashan "quake lake" in quake-devastated Mianyang City, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 7, 2008.

  MIANYANG, Sichuan Province, June 7 (Xinhua) -- A military helicopter Saturday morning delivered three tons of dynamites to the Tangjiashan quake lake, where water has overflowed into a sluice channel.

  The Mi-171 helicopter under the Jinan Military Area Command flew six missions from the Mianyang airport, carrying also 20-odd soldiers of an engineering troop.

  A Xinhua reporter is expected to arrive at the lake aboard the helicopter.




[ PLA Daily: 2008-06-08 ]
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