Smart team en route to Trishuli Bazar for Nepal rescue operations
KUALA LUMPUR: The Special Malaysia Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (Smart) MAS-01 is en route from Kathmandu to Trishuli Bazar, Nepal, to carry out a Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) mission.
The Special Malaysia Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (Smart) MAS-01 is currently traveling from Kathmandu to Trishuli Bazar in Nepal to conduct a Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) mission. According to National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma) director-general Datuk Meor Ismail Meor Akim, the team is being escorted by the Nepalese Army and will reach their destination in approximately three hours, barring any weather or traffic delays.
The 11-member team consists of officers and personnel who will be traveling in a 10-tonne truck and two other vehicles. They departed from Subang Air Base on Saturday at around 9 am aboard a Royal Malaysian Air Force A400M aircraft. The team is carrying search and rescue equipment to assist in rescue operations in the affected areas.
As of now, over 5,000 people are still missing, with 1,300 confirmed dead, among whom 55 are Malaysian citizens.
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