800 armed police start rescue operation in quake-hit SW China

BEIJING—By 8 a.m. Wednesday, more than 800 armed police had arrived at Wenchuan and started rescue operation in southwest China’s Sichuan Province that was hit by a massive earthquake Monday afternoon.
Wednesday morning, two helicopters with relief supplies flied over the Yingxiu Town of Wenchuan County and three more are standing by to await orders at the Fenghuanshang airport, according to the Chengdu Military Command.
If weather conditions permit, the five helicopters will fly to Wenchuan County to air-drop relief supplies, according to the Chengdu Military Command.
From Beijing, two remote-sensing planes of China’s naval forces departed at 7:00 a.m. Wednesday to quake-hit Sichuan to collect data of this region.

—Xinhua