Doosan Group and Doosan Enerbility are making concerted efforts to locate six employees who went missing due to severe flooding in Nepal, planning to deploy private helicopters and drones for the search.
According to industry sources, Doosan Enerbility submitted a request to Nepalese authorities on August 31 for the operation of two privately chartered helicopters. With ground access to the accident site nearly impossible, the company aims to expand the search area using helicopters.
Since August 28, Doosan Enerbility has been actively pursuing the deployment of private helicopters for its search efforts. However, adverse local weather conditions and the Nepalese authorities' refusal to grant flight permissions have prevented the helicopters from being utilized thus far.
On the previous day, a joint rapid response team from the government planned to use one helicopter chartered by the government and another chartered by Doosan Enerbility to broaden the search area, but this plan was also thwarted due to a lack of approval from Nepalese authorities.
In addition to helicopters, Doosan Enerbility is also looking to employ drones for the search. However, the use of drones will similarly depend on obtaining permission from local authorities, meaning their deployment will be contingent on the situation on the ground.
The search team will also see an increase in personnel. Doosan Enerbility has decided to send two additional staff members familiar with local conditions, raising the total number of team members from 14 to 16.
Top executives from the group are also on-site to oversee the rescue efforts. Park Jung-won, Chairman of Doosan Group, and Park Ji-won, Vice Chairman of Doosan Group and CEO of Doosan Enerbility, arrived in Nepal on August 29 to directly monitor the search and rescue operations.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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