Japanese Helicopters to Join Indonesia’s Wildfires Battle This Weekend
The helicopters will join Indonesian and other aircraft after fires burned 76,933 hectares, officials said.
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Japan Lends a Helping Hand with Chinook Helicopters to Combat Indonesian Wildfires | Science-Environment
Japan is deploying three CH-47 Chinook helicopters with 180 crew members to Indonesia to assist in battling wildfires ravaging Sumatra and Borneo islands. The effort aims to tackle blazes that have burned over 76,000 hectares amidst dry weather. The aircraft will operate in West Kalimantan, focusing on fire hotspots dynamically.
Japanese helicopters to join Indonesia's wildfires battle this weekend
JAKARTA — Japan will deploy three CH-47 Chinook transport helicopters and their 180 crew in Indonesia this weekend to help contain wildfires, Indonesian defence officials said on Tuesday. Indonesia has intensified efforts to tackle wildfires that have been raging for months, focusing on six hardest-hit provinces on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo, where 76,933 hectares (190,106 acres) of land have been burned. The Japanese helicopters will arr…
Japan also deployed around 180 personnel consisting of the operational crews of the three helicopters and other supporting elements.
Three Japanese CH-47 Chinook helicopters will help Indonesia extinguish forest and land fires (karhutla) in Borneo. Three CH-47 Chinook helicopters...
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The Japanese government is providing support to Indonesia in handling forest and land fires (karhutla) in Kalimantan. The Japanese Ministry of Defense (Kemenhan) has deployed three CH-47 Chinook helicopters along with hundreds of...
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