Sea Rescue in Stormy Seas

    Recently, 110 nautical miles southeast of Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province, two fishermen on a fishing boat were injured while working, and their condition was critical. After receiving the report, the first rescue flight team of the Ministry of Transport's South China Sea immediately dispatched in the face of strong winds and high waves at night.

At 7:25 pm that night, the rescue crew took off from Zhuhai Jinwan Airport and arrived 35 minutes later. With strong winds and high waves, the bow of the fishing boat where the injured fishermen were located was violently pitching. The crew seized the opportunity to rappel onto the deck and then used rescue devices, "scream suits" and "rescue stretchers," to safely hoist the injured onto the helicopter and then safely transfer them.

　It is understood that the two fishermen were injured by a cable while working on the boat. One suffered a laceration on his thigh, and the other suffered a fracture of both tibial bones. They are currently receiving treatment.

Around 7 am on the 8th, the Xiangshan County Fire and Rescue Detachment in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, received a call from a man who said he was trapped on a reef due to the rising tide. When the rescuers arrived, more than half of the reef where the man was located was submerged, and the reef was nearly 20 meters from the shore.

With strong winds and waves, the fire and rescue personnel used an aquatic robot to deliver a lifebuoy to the trapped person. After the trapped person put on the lifebuoy and lay on the aquatic robot, he was pulled back to the shore in less than 3 minutes.

　　The fire department's underwater rescue robot is powered by two propellers mounted at the rear and can be controlled wirelessly. It is generally used for rescuing people trapped in isolated waters or rapids.

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