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Russian Search-and-rescue detachment of the Central MD held an exercise on detecting and evacuating a spacecraft crew

Russian Aviaton » Friday March 17, 2017 19:25 MSK
Exercise of search-and-rescue detachment of the Central military district on detection and evacuation of the Soyuz TMA spacecraft crew | photo from web-site mil.ru

Search-and-rescue detachment of the Central MD held an exercise on detecting and evacuating a spacecraft crew in the Chelyabinsk region.

The rescuers detected a spacecraft and reached the landing on cross-country vehicles. They practiced providing medical assistance to conditional astronauts as well as evacuating them to a hospital.  

About 100 servicemen as well as An-26 aircraft, Mi-8 helicopters and more than 30 pieces of hardware were involved in the exercise.