UDON THANI, 10 June 2019 (NNT) -Thailand has begun an international search and rescue exercise for ships and aircraft, observing ICAO and IMO standards.
Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith presided over the opening ceremony of the SAREX 2019 search and rescue exercise at Air Wing 23 in Udon Thani province. Under the slogan ’’We exercise for readiness, we exercise to rescue lives’’. The international exercise was designed for search and rescue personnel and related agencies to assist ships and aircraft which might have had accidents at sea. The exercise called for a review of practical procedures for search and rescue missions and an upgrading of the ability and potential of search and rescue units.
The transport minister commented that the international search and rescue exercise was conducted in accordance with ICAO and IMO standards. Meanwhile, a seminar on professional aviation was held by the Civil Aviation Training Center alongside an exhibition and associated activity by related networks.
