DELHI. April 28 (Interfax) - Russian Emergency Situations Ministry's aircraft carrying rescue workers will fly from India to Nepal on April 29, Alexander Romanov, chief of the ministry's combined rescue team, told Interfax.
Two Ilyushin Il-76 planes have been at the New Delhi airport since April 27.
"An official Nepalese go-ahead for departure has been received. Two planes carrying rescuer workers and an emergency operations group will fly out to Nepal early on April 29. The same planes will evacuate Russian citizens now in Nepal," Romanov said.
Information about how many Russians will decide to leave Nepal is being verified, he said.
A combined rescue team of the Emergency Situations Ministry is flying out to Nepal with equipment, machines and gear to be used in dealing with the quake aftermath. The planes will also deliver humanitarian aid to quake victims, including food and first necessities.
The combined rescue team is comprised of 90 Tsentrospas and Lider recue center personnel, including mountain climbers, experts with dogs, medics and psychologists from the Emergency Situations Ministry, as well as personnel from the All-Russia Research Institute of Civil Defense and Emergency Situations, equipped with the Struna diagnostics system to assess building sustainability after explosions and earthquakes.
All rescue workers are high-level professionals, skilled in working in emergency situations zones, including in quake-hit areas.