Video: IAF Rescues 2 Men From Flooded Tawi River In J&K

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New Delhi: The Indian Air Force conducted a daring rescue operation today to save the lives of two men who were left stranded on a barrage wall by the rising floodwaters of the Tawi River in Jammu and Kashmir.

In a dramatic video of the rescue effort, the men, believed to be fishermen, can be seen squatting on the wall, with the muddy waters of swollen Tawi river encircling them. An initial rescue effort led by the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) failed and it was then that the Air Force was called in, dispatching a helicopter from Jammu.

In the video, as the IAF helicopter approaches the stranded men, one man steps out of the aircraft and is winched down, landing expertly on a small strip of concrete. Once down, he makes his way to the stranded men and attaches the rope around their waists, all the while signaling to the helicopter above to maintain altitude and position. Once the winch is attached to the two men, the helicopter climbs slowly, taking them to safety.

“The aircraft will have to hover over the area while someone comes down with a winch… exact coordination between the pilot and the person on the ground is crucial,” Group Captain Anupam Banerjee, IAF PRO, told NDTV, adding, “It is also a very precise climb that the pilot will have to carry out, to ensure the people being winched up are safe.”

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