In Thane Indian Navy IA
July 27, 2019 7:57 AMThane:The Indian Air Force (IAF), Navy, Army and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) initiated a huge aerial and surface operation here on Saturday to rescue an estimated 1,500 passengers stranded on the flooded railway tracks in Vangani in the Mahalaxmi Express. At least two helicopters, including a Seaking and an MI17, were dispatched from Mumbai to the site following an SOS from the Maharashtra government to the Defense officials. Simultaneously, teams of the NDRF reached the train from Badlapur, around 7 kms away in inflatable rubber boats and started extracting the passengers...
