China News Service, Hong Kong, December 2 (Reporter Li Zhihua) In the sky above Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong, helicopters of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government Flying Service (Flying Service Team) are often seen flying around, guarding the peace of one side.
Wu Weixiong, director of the Hong Kong SAR Government Flying Service, and the Cheetah Helicopter.
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Wu Weixiong, Director of the Hong Kong SAR Government Flying Service, shows the cockpit of the Cheetah Helicopter.
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Wu Weixiong, director of the Hong Kong SAR Government Flying Service, operates the Cheetah helicopter.
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The Flying Service Team is a disciplined force under the Security Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government. It currently has 335 civil servant positions. Other support services, etc.
The director is the supreme commander of the flight service team and is directly responsible to the chief of the security bureau.
The current flight service team director is Hu Weixiong.
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government Flying Service Air Crew Officer Lu Jiaqing and the Cheetah Helicopter.
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Lu Jiaqing, Air Crew Officer III of the Hong Kong SAR Government Flying Service demonstrates the rescue workflow.
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Engineers of the HKSAR Government Flying Service carry out maintenance and repair work on helicopters.
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The range of search and rescue operations carried out by the flying suit team is as far as 1300 kilometers.
In addition to providing services to Hong Kong, the flight service team also assists in the execution of missions at the request of the Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department and the Hong Kong Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre.
In addition, the Flying Service provides 24-hour on-call and on-call air ambulance services, and is often called to search for lost or injured travelers or mountain climbers at dawn or at night.
Members of the HKSAR Government Flying Service prepare to go to work.
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Helicopters of the Hong Kong Government Flying Service take off and land on the apron near the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
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The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government Flying Service Team participated in the relief work after the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake.
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During typhoons or other natural disasters, and after natural disasters, in addition to search and rescue, they are also responsible for carrying government personnel to the disaster area for inspection, investigating property and crop losses, transporting supplies by air, and transporting the sick and wounded to hospitals.
After the typhoon, the flight service team needs to carry out survey operations to confirm the areas in urgent need of assistance, so that they can dispatch disaster relief when the weather improves.
In 2021, the service team flew a total of 7,512 hours, assisted in 1,010 search and rescue operations, and used helicopters to take 1,629 people to hospitals and 6,561 government officials and public visitors to Hong Kong.
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government Flying Service Team participated in the relief work after the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake.
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During the inter-departmental mountain fire and mountain rescue exercise, the HKSAR Government Flying Service sent helicopters to drop water bombs to fight the fire.
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The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government Flying Service Team cleans up oil pollution on the sea surface during a joint exercise on marine pollution accidents.
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During the typhoon "Nasat", the HKSAR Government Flying Service rescued the crew of a cargo ship in distress.
Photo by HKSAR Government Flying Service
The post-Wenchuan Earthquake rescue in 2008 was the first time in history that the flight service team sent helicopters and crews to perform long-term search and rescue missions in an unfamiliar environment more than 1,300 kilometers away from the Hong Kong base.
Within 21 days of the rescue operation, the fleet carried out 26 operations, successfully rescued 96 people, and transported more than 10 tons of food and supplies.
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