BEIJING, April 10 -- At around 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, four Y-20 transport aircraft dispatched by an aviation unit of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) arrived at Beijing Capital International Airport successively, marking that the China Search and Rescue Team, the China International Search and Rescue Team, the search and rescue team from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), and other rescue forces for earthquake relief in Myanmar have returned to China.
After the outbreak of the earthquake in Myanmar on March 28, the Chinese PLAAF deployed two Y-20s to the country, carrying 118 rescue personnel and medical experts as well as 42 tons of humanitarian relief supplies.
On the morning of April 8, four Y-20s were dispatched to deliver China's fourth batch of emergency humanitarian earthquake relief supplies to Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar.
On the morning of April 9, the four Y-20s carrying the above-mentioned three Chinese search and rescue teams left Nay Pyi Taw for China.
This is the first time that the Chinese PLAAF has sent four Y-20s to undertake international rescue operations.