On August 26, a landslide disaster occurred on the Nepalese side, causing serious casualties and loss of connectivity at Geelong Port in Jilong County, Shigatse City, Tibet. The Civil Aviation Administration initiated a second-level emergency response to natural disasters and urgently convened a special conference to deploy disaster relief related work. According to information, the Civil Aviation Administration, the Southwest Regional Administration of Civil Aviation, and the Tibet Regional Administration of Civil Aviation have initiated a three-level rescue command structure. The Tibet Regional Bureau of Civil Aviation has set up a forward headquarters and dispatched a task force to Dingri Airport in Shigatse to strengthen on-site security work. On August 26, Dingri Airport supported a total of 2 transport air missions; on August 27, it is expected to guarantee 4 air transport missions, including 2 emergency rescue charter flights and 2 transfers. In the next step, all relevant units of civil aviation involved in disaster relief and security will strengthen collaboration with rescue forces of all parties, consolidate the main responsibility for production safety, strictly control key aspects such as operating standards, crew qualifications, and aircraft airworthiness, effectively strengthen risk management and control at disaster relief sites, avoid secondary disasters during disaster relief, and ensure the safety of transportation aviation and general aviation disaster relief.

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