Originally Posted by
gulliBell
Well, the Manolos pilot himself reports they were airborne out of LAE within 30 minutes of the accident. They were called directly by NCA to respond. So I stand by what I said earlier.
PNGDF were also scrambled but their helicopter can't hover at 9,500' so the rescue effort was left to civilian resources.
Fair call. I stand corrected if he departed Lae. Unfortunately the timeline stated we heard nothing and certainly not within the 30 min of aircraft being overdue.