stumu415@lemmy.zip to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 2 months agoRescue pontoon in Chinalemmy.zipvideomessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareWeslee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoWhy is there flags all over? Is this a demo? Just imagining a real life scenario where they can’t rescue anyone until there’s 50 Chinese flags planted on board and at the rescue zone…
minus-squareglimse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoWhat a bizarre nitpick. Do you mean the one flag on board at launch? Or the safety flags used during launch? Or the flags at the drop-off point that would in no way slow down the rescue?
minus-squareWeslee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoNot really a nitpick… Just a question on whether it was a genuine video or if they were showing off the tech.
minus-squarestumu415@lemmy.zipOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoNo this was very real. Due to the typhoon this part of China was flooded. https://m.economictimes.com/us/news/chinese-rescuers-deploy-pontoon-bridges-drones-to-evacuate-thousands-of-stranded-students-in-flood-hit-guangxi-watch-viral-video/articleshow/132308123.cms
minus-squaremumblerfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoIt’s also no flags on the drone shot and then a flag – a soviet flag – on the pontoon shot. Something is fishy.
Why is there flags all over? Is this a demo?
Just imagining a real life scenario where they can’t rescue anyone until there’s 50 Chinese flags planted on board and at the rescue zone…
What a bizarre nitpick. Do you mean the one flag on board at launch?
Or the safety flags used during launch?
Or the flags at the drop-off point that would in no way slow down the rescue?
Not really a nitpick… Just a question on whether it was a genuine video or if they were showing off the tech.
No this was very real. Due to the typhoon this part of China was flooded.
https://m.economictimes.com/us/news/chinese-rescuers-deploy-pontoon-bridges-drones-to-evacuate-thousands-of-stranded-students-in-flood-hit-guangxi-watch-viral-video/articleshow/132308123.cms
It’s also no flags on the drone shot and then a flag – a soviet flag – on the pontoon shot. Something is fishy.