1997
Civil Aviation Department Long
Range Aeronautical Search and Rescue Exercise
3 December 1997
The annual Search and Rescue Exercise organized by Civil
Aviation Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region Government will be held for three days starting
today Wednesday 3 December 1997. The exercise is to provide
training and familiarization in search and rescue techniques
for staff of the Civil Aviation Department and other rescue
units.
The exercise this year will consist of a static display
of Search and Rescue aircraft consisting of a C130 of
the United States Coast Guard, a P3 of the United States
Navy, a C9 of the United States Air Force and a Super
King Air and Sikorsky helicopters of the Government Flying
Service and a Search and Rescue Symposium by various participating
units and a Long Range Exercise in the South China Sea.
In addition to CAD, other participants included are the
United States Air Force, United States Coast Guard, United
States Navy, Government Flying Service, Hong Kong Police
Force, Marine Department, Civil Aid Services and Information
Services Department.
A number of Search and Rescue experts from the Asia-Pacific
Region including Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Macau and
Vietnam have also participated as observers.
