helicopter is unloaded in Samoa

Description: Chief Engineer Warrant officer Paul Davies
Duration: 0min 46 sec
Video File Size: 6.26 MB
Date Published: 06/10/09

A second New Zealand Iroquois helicopter is unloaded in Samoa to aid the victims of the Samoan tsunami. The RAF C-130J landed in Samoa on Saturday 2 OCT (local time) to deliver the UH-1H Iroquois that will join a second helicopter that arrived in Samoa on Thursday night (local time). Australian and New Zealand personnel worked together to shift the helicopter from the cargo hold of the Hercules. WO Paul Davies the Chief Engineer at 3 Squadron RNZAF discusses how 3 Squadron was in Samoa recently training for this type of operation.