26 DEC 2004 EARTHQUAKE/ TSUNAMI RELIEF OPERATIONS AT PORT BLAIR AIRPORT

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Port Blair Airport played a Pivotal Role in the Rescue and Relief operations after the 26 Dec 04 Earthquake/ Tsunami disaster. Within hours of the disaster the Airport was was put into fully operational mode. From then on numerous sorties of all types of aircrafts of the Navy, the Air Force, the Coast Guard, Pawan Hans, Indian Airlines, Jet Airways etc operated solely towards relief and rescue and evacuation purposes. The scale and intensity of the flying operations was unprecedented. Defence aircrafts of various types were pressed into service.  The massive efforts continued for days on. It is still continuing, though on a lesser scale. These photos will visually tell the scale of operations undertaken from Port Blair Airport.

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