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Number of people on board Hercules not known
March 28, 2014
The C130 J normally has a 5-member crew. During the Uttarkahand floods, last year, the Super Hercules would take off from the Hindon Air Base at the crack
of dawn, fly high up in the skies over Uttarakhand, make detailed
observations on cloud patterns and report to the operations command
centre at the Jollygrant airport in Dehradun.
This information
would then be used to decide the schedule and direction of rescue
sorties. The IAF called this aircraft the Weather Bird.
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