The Royal New Zealand Air Force rescued three people at an American research station in Antarctica early Wednesday morning.
In extreme conditions and total darkness, the RNZAF landed a C-130J Hercules at McMurdo Station, where it evacuated one person in need of “urgent medical care” and two others needing medical attention, according to an RNZAF news release on Wednesday.
The RNZAF did not report what had ailed the patients, only that staff at McMurdo Station were unable to give them the medical care they needed.
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“This mission wasn’t just difficult; it was one of the most technically demanding operations an aircrew can face,” Chargé d’Affaires Melissa Sweeney said in a Wednesday news release from the U.S. Embassy and Consulate in New Zealand.
“In extreme conditions,
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