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Weather favorable for Shenzhou VI's return
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-10-16 19:22 Search-rescue teams stand
ready
The search and rescue workers have prepared full
gear, including six helicopters, for the landing of China's second manned
spacecraft.
"All the six helicopters, 14 special vehicles and more than 200 rescuers are
in the primary landing site in Siziwang Banner (county)," Sui Qisheng, chief
commander in charge of landing, said Sunday.
In an interview with Xinhua, Sui listed the equipment they will use during
search-rescue operation in the primary landing site on the grasslands in
Siziwang:
-- Helicopters for searching the re-entry module and carrying rescuers and
equipment to the landing site;
-- Helicopters for search and first-aid service, carrying medical workers and
equipment, and taikonauts after landing;
-- Camera helicopters, for searching the re-entry module, videotaping landing
scenes and transmitting the pictures to the command and control centers;
-- The command vehicle, for receiving instructions from the command and
control centers and organizing search and rescue work on the scene;
-- Medical service vehicles, for on-the-spot medical observation and checkup
of taikonauts;
-- Transport vehicles, for carrying ground service workers, tools and parts
dropped off from the capsule;
-- Taikonauts carriage van, for emergency treatment and transportation of
taikonauts;
-- Hoisting vehicle, for raising the re-entry module and relaying it to other
vehicles; and
-- Small search vehicles, for fast search of the re-entry module.
"We have drawn out detailed plans to ensure that rescue workersand equipment
will arrive at where the capsule lands," Sui said, adding that several drillings
have been carried out for this purpose.
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