Water surge tragedy: Bomba using high-capacity drone to help SAR ops


CHUKAI: The use of drone technology on the fourth day of the search and rescue (SAR) operation for victims involved in the Jeram Air Putih water surge tragedy here, is assisting in locating two more victims who are still missing.

The operations commander of the Drone Unit from the Eastern Region Malaysian Fire and Rescue Academy, Mohd Taufiq Abd Satar said monitoring using the high-capacity Matrice 210 drone was carried out in Sector B and Sector C on Wednesday (June 5).

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