Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung directly directed the search and rescue of the CASA 212 plane that crashed at sea.

The Deputy Prime Minister requested urgent, drastic and close coordination to rescue the pilots and soldiers involved in the missing plane crash.

On the morning of June 17, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung, Chairman of the National Committee for Search and Rescue, visited and worked with the Forward Command Center of the Ministry of National Defense located at the Navy Command.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung, Chairman of the National Committee for Search and Rescue, directed to focus on searching and rescuing people.

At the meeting, the Deputy Prime Minister sent his condolences from Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and the Deputy Prime Minister himself to share the loss, damage and worries of relatives and families of officers and soldiers involved in the Su-30 MK2 and CASA 212 aircraft crashes in recent days and sent his condolences and encouragement from the Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister himself to all officers, soldiers, fishermen and forces participating in the search and rescue mission.

On behalf of the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung highly appreciated the responsible determination and efforts to overcome many difficulties and challenges of the search and rescue forces, in which the military plays a core role, the participation of ministries, localities and especially the participation of fishermen.

The Deputy Prime Minister requested the rescue force to thoroughly grasp the most important task at present, which is to focus on rescuing people, finding the missing people, and at the same time determining the specific location of the plane crash to have a salvage and rescue plan, to assess the cause and organize lessons for the future.

Because the search and rescue area is large, the weather in the coming days may become more complicated, and it is an area bordering an international border, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung requested that the forces participating in the search and rescue must coordinate closely, synchronously, and divide the search areas specifically, avoiding overlap, especially mobilizing and organizing fishing boats to participate in the search and rescue to achieve efficiency and ensure safety.

Continue to coordinate with international forces to achieve the best search and rescue results.

The location where the CASA plane lost contact was about 44 nautical miles from Bach Long Vy Island (photo Zing.vn).

The Deputy Prime Minister requested urgent, drastic and close coordination to rescue the pilots and soldiers in distress; at the same time, requested the Ministry of National Defense to organize well the settlement of the incident's consequences, clarify the cause and do a good job of political and ideological work, encourage officers and soldiers to overcome difficulties and complete their tasks well.

The Ministry of National Defense coordinated with relevant localities to visit and share the losses with the families of the victims, and to do a good job of military rear policy.

The Deputy Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Information and Communications to direct press agencies to report timely, truthful and accurate news so that search and rescue work can achieve results./.

According to VOV