Many rescue teams from all over China rushed to Turkey to assist in the rescue work after the devastating earthquake, including the Blue Sky Rescue Team, a professional non-profit search and rescue organization.

The Chongqing Blue Sky Rescue Team arrived in the southern Turkish city of Malatya. The team officially launched the rescue work on February 9, has found one victim and two survivors, and rescued them in time.

The first batch of BSR rescue teams arrived in Turkey on February 9, including 9 earthquake rescue experts selected by the BSR rescue team in Chongqing, southwest China, and then rushed to the earthquake-stricken area to carry out rescue.

Luo Mingwen, captain of the Chongqing Blue Sky Rescue Team, said: This rescue work will demonstrate our professional rescue capabilities and Chinese civilian rescue forces to promote the spirit of international humanitarianism. ’ He added, ‘I believe we can accomplish this task.

The nine-member team gathered in Wanzhou District, northeast of Chongqing, and went to Wuhan Tianhe International Airport to join other BSR team members, carrying thermal imaging equipment, drones, anti-seismic systems, radar life detectors, satellite ground stations and satellite phones. . These professionals have participated in many earthquake rescues and have rich rescue experience.

Nine members of the China Blue Sky Rescue Team set off from Chongqing to help the earthquake-stricken areas in Turkey

At the same time, all sectors of society extended a helping hand. Aykut Yazirli is a Turkish businessman who has lived in Chongqing for nearly 11 years. This is the first time in my life that I have heard of such a large earthquake in Turkey, he said. We have many friends in China who all help find what the victims need right now.

Yazri said the problem was cold winter temperatures, which complicated rescue efforts.

On February 8, Blue Sky Rescue Team set off from Wuhan

A 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit Turkey's southern province of Kahramanmaras at 4:17 a.m. local time, a 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit the country's southern province of Gaziantep a few minutes later, and a 7.6-magnitude earthquake hit 1:24 p.m. local time in Kahramanmaras province. On Wednesday, an 82-member Chinese rescue team arrived at Adana Airport in Turkey at 4:30 a.m. local time after flying more than 8,000 kilometers on an Air China chartered flight.

In the early hours of February 9 local time, they worked with Turkish rescuers to rescue a pregnant woman trapped under the rubble. On the evening of February 8, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government sent a search and rescue team of 59 people to Turkey to assist the local rescue work. In the morning, a plane took off from Beijing to Syria, carrying the first batch of medical supplies enough to cover 5,000 people and a rescue team from the Red Cross Society of China. In addition to the announced cash and material assistance, China is also speeding up the delivery of the ongoing food aid project to Syria, of which 220 tons of wheat are already in transit, and more than 3,000 tons of rice and wheat are about to arrive. Editor / Zhao E