Nepal’s government today said it has denied entry to three British military helicopters sent to help the earthquake relief effort because of fears they could damage buildings when landing.
A foreign ministry spokesman said the Chinook helicopters, which arrived in New Delhi last week en route to the quake-hit country, were too big to land.
“We have told the British authorities that they cannot fly their Chinook helicopters here because our technical team says they are likely to damage the houses and other buildings in the Kathmandu valley,” spokesman Tara Pokharel told AFP.
“We are worried about broken windows and roofs being blown off by these big helicopters.”
The April 25 earthquake killed more than 8,000 people and left thousands more homeless and in desperate need of food, clean water and shelter.
Getting relief to the worst-hit villages is a huge challenge because many are in remote mountainous terrain that is only accessible by helicopter or on foot.
India, China and the US have sent helicopters and are helping take food, water and tents to affected communities.
But there has been criticism of the US decision to send large Osprey helicopters, which experts say are ill-suited to Nepal’s mountainous terrain.
Local media reported that the down-draft from an Osprey relief flight blew the roof off a small building in a quake-hit village as it delivered aid.
A US embassy official told AFP that such accidents were rare.
“We are looking into whether the damage to the roof was caused by the Osprey or the quake… Obviously such incidents are rare and if it turns out to be true, we will take care of the damage,” the official said.
So far the Ospreys have delivered 21.5 tonnes of aid, he said.
Steven Bruce Bokan, chief flying instructor for Nepalese helicopter company Manang Air, said the British Chinooks and US Ospreys were “basically useless” in the Himalayas.
“They may work in deserts and other places which have huge areas for landing and take-off, but they are too big to land in the Himalayas,” Bokan told AFP.作者: mm6fan 时间: 2015-5-12 09:36 标题: 这三架英军奇努克直升机上周已经抵达印度新德里。尼泊尔政俯发言人告诉法新社：我们已经告知英国当局，他们的奇努克直升机不能在这里飞，因为我们的技术团队说，在加德满都山谷环境下，这些直升机很可能会破坏房屋和其他建筑物。 作者: mm6fan 时间: 2015-5-12 09:37 标题: “我们担心破碎的窗户和屋顶被这些大直升机被吹走。” 作者: mm6fan 时间: 2015-5-12 09:38 标题: 把救济送到受灾最严重的村庄是一个巨大的挑战，因为很多在偏远山区地形也就是只能通过直升机或步行前往。印度，中国和美国军队都已经派遣直升机到尼泊尔灾区，帮助运送食物，水和帐篷到受影响的社区。 作者: mm6fan 时间: 2015-5-12 09:44 标题: 但一直以来，美国派遣大型鱼鹰运输机到尼泊尔的决定都饱受批评，专家说，鱼鹰并不适合到尼泊尔山区的灾区。当地媒体报道称，当一架鱼鹰向地震灾区的村庄运送援助物资时，鱼鹰巨大旋翼带来的下吹风将一栋小楼的屋顶掀飞。 作者: mm6fan 时间: 2015-5-12 09:46 标题: 美国大使馆官员告诉法新社记者，这种事故是罕见的。这名官员说。“我们正在研究是否对屋顶的损害是由鱼鹰或地震引起的......显然，这样的事件是罕见的，如果事实证明是正确的，我们将处理损失”到目前为止，鱼鹰已经交付了21.5吨救援物资，他说。 作者: mm6fan 时间: 2015-5-12 09:49 标题: 尼泊尔直升机包机公司Manang Air的，首席飞行教官史蒂芬布鲁斯·博坎，表示，英国支奴干和美国鱼鹰是在喜马拉雅山“基本无用”。“他们可能工作在沙漠等地具有巨大的空地的地方降落和起飞，但他们太大，难以在喜马拉雅山狭小土地着陆”博坎告... 作者: mm6fan 时间: 2015-5-12 09:53 标题: 这3架奇努克是4月30日开始空运到新德里的 http://www.dsjunshi.net/forum.ph ... =%C6%E6%C5%AC%BF%CB作者: heng22338846 时间: 2015-5-12 12:09 标题: 支奴干
