Visakhapatnam, Sept 28 : Indian Navy Seaking 42C helicopter with suitable night vision devices rescued a stranded villager in Suvarnamukhi river at Parvathipuram in Vizianagaram district on Monday night.
Based on an SOS request received from the Andhra Pradesh State Administration Officials on Monday evening at about 1730 hours to provide a Naval helicopter for Search and Rescue (SAR) of a stranded villager who was marooned in the middle of River Suvarnamukhi due to flash floods, the Eastern Naval Command (ENC) immediately deployed an Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) from INS Dega for the mission.
After arriving at the reported location, the ALH could not locate the villager due to bad weather, heavy rain and pitch dark conditions, ENC said in a release here today.
Subsequently, a Seaking 42C helicopter with suitable Night Vision Devices was launched to undertake the rescue mission at about 2300 hours.
Despite the similar rainy weather and strong winds the Seaking helicopter undertook a search and located the survivor.
The helicopter hovered over the survivor in the River Suvarnamukhi at a very low altitude to pick up him.
ITreturned to INS Dega wherein First Aid was provided and the survivor was later shifted to KGH for further Medical treatment.
His family members were informed of his wellbeing by the Naval Air Station.
The survivor D Simhachalam (40), who belongs to Venkatabhairavapalem village in Vizianagaram District, was thankful for the timely help at night that resulted in saving his life.(UNI)