Special report: Reconstruction After
Earthquake
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Volunteer militias from Heishui County
of the quake-stricken Aba Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture carrying the
remains of the crashed military helicopter arrive at Yingxiu Township,
Wenchuan County in Southwest China's Sichuan Province in early morning of
June 13, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)
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YINGXIU, Sichuan, June 13 (Xinhua) -- The bodies of five crew aboard the
military helicopter that crashed on a mercy mission in southwest China's
earthquake zone were recovered from the remote forest-covered mountains and
arrived in Yingxiu Town on Friday morning.
Tang Qiliang, deputy director of the political
department of the Sichuan Military Area Command, said rescuers were still
trekking on foot, carrying the bodies of three policemen and 10 civilians.
The bodies of the crew were placed in coffins in
Yingxiu, and driven in hearses to Chengdu, capital of Sichuan Province, where a
funeral would be held, said Tang.
He said the other bodies would be returned to their
hometown of Lixian, after their recovery.
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Volunteer militias from Heishui County
of the quake-stricken Aba Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture carrying the
remains of the crashed military helicopter arrive at Yingxiu Township,
Wenchuan County in Southwest China's Sichuan Province in early morning of
June 13, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)
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The crash site was 7.5 kilometers from Yingxiu, the
epicenter in the magnitude-8 earthquake on May 12. Searchers found the site on
Tuesday after a 12-day search for the aircraft, which was widely scattered among
dense vegetation.
The helicopter was carrying injured civilians when it
crashed deep in the mountains on May 31 on a return trip from quake-ravaged
Lixian county to Chengdu.
Rain had forced the rescue team to delay their hike
out of the crash site in steep mountains for more than 24 hours before they were
finally able to set off on Thursday afternoon.
More than 1,000 soldiers were dispatched to carry the
bodies out of the region on foot, as the site was too mountainous and the bamboo
cover too thick to allow rescue helicopters to land.
Chinese rescuers carry crashed
quake-relief copter debris, bodies to Yingxiu
CHENGDU, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Chinese search teams,
traveling on foot, are carrying the remains of the crashed military helicopter
and the bodies of those aboard to earthquake relief headquarters in the town of
Yingxiu, military sources said here Wednesday.
As of 3 p.m. Wednesday, more than 1,000 militia,
reservists and soldiers had been mobilized for the recovery operation, as the
site was too mountainous and the forest cover too thick to allow rescue
helicopters to land. Full story
Body of last victim from crashed China
helicopter found
BEIJING, June 11 (Xinhua) -- The body of the last
victim from a crashed quake relief helicopter in China was found after a 12-day
search, military sources said Wednesday.
Thus, the remains of all 18 people who were aboard
the copter, including five crew members and 13 civilians injured in the May 12
earthquake, have all been found at the crash site near the epicenter town of
Yingxiu, the Sichuan military quake relief headquarters said. Full story
China finds missing helicopter, bodies
of passengers, crew
CHENGDU, June 10 (Xinhua) -- Searchers have found the
remains of the missing Chinese helicopter and people on board in the mountains
near the quake epicenter town Yingxiu, according to a military source here
Tuesday.
The debris of the Mi-171 helicopter was found in the
bushes northwest of Yingxiu Township at 10:55 a.m. Tuesday. Militia and
reservists mobilized by the Chengdu Military Area Command found the missing
chopper. Full story
19 less likely to survive as more
efforts put in helicopter hunt
CHENGDU,
June 4 (Xinhua) -- Despite more efforts on searching for the Chinese helicopter
that went missing on Saturday afternoon, the possibility the 19 people onboard
might be alive was fading, according to the Chengdu Military Area Command. Full story
Soldiers scramble to search for downed
helicopter
DUJIANGYAN, Sichuan Province, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Chinese
soldiers were still scaling mountains and hacking their way through brambles and
thorns in a desperate attempt to search for a downed military transport
helicopter on Tuesday. Full story
Search continues for crashed China
quake-relief helicopter
CHENGDU, June 2 (Xinhua) -- As of Monday afternoon,
Chinese rescuers were unable to locate a military helicopter that crashed during
a quake- relief operation after two days of search.
The Sichuan provincial government's information office
said rescuers were continuing in their efforts to locate the chopper that
crashed with 19 people aboard, including five crew. Full story
Helicopter crashes while on duty in
quake zones
CHENGDU, June 1 (Xinhua) -- A military transport
helicopter engaging in quake relief work near the Yingxiu Township, Wenchuan
County in Southwest China's Sichuan Province crashed on Saturday afternoon,
according to military sources. Full Story
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