121 people were successfully rescued by the Indian Air Force (IAF) from a small airstrip in Wadi Sayyidna, Sudan, which is located about 40 km to the north of Khartoum. The travellers, among them a pregnant woman, lacked transportation to Port Sudan.
The convoy arrived at the airstrip under the command of the Indian Defence Attaché. The airstrip, however, was in poor condition and lacked landing lights (which are necessary to guide an aircraft landing at night), fuel, or navigational approach aids.
During the ongoing battle, Group Captain Ravi Nanda piloted a C-130J Special Ops aircraft for the Indian Air Force in the risky operation to rescue 121 Indian citizens from a small airstrip in Wadi Sayidna, close to Khartoum, Sudan.
The C-130J crew used their Electro-Optical/Infra Red sensors to check that the runway was free of obstacles and hostile forces. Then, in nearly complete darkness, the aircrew executed a tactical approach while wearing night vision goggles (NVG).
After landing, the aircraft’s engines continued to run as eight IAF Garud Commandos boarded the plane and secured the passengers and their belongings. NVGs were also used during the runway departure from an unlit area.
The operation took about two and a half hours.
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