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More than 200 police officers and soldiers have taken part in an operation to look for 11 construction workers of Rao Trang 3 Hydropower Plant that remain missing following the landslide. |
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An excavator dredges the river as a team stands nearby to detect any possible signs of the missing workers. |
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Firefighters along with search and rescue officers use two pumps to drain water from the search area. |
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A firefighter jumps into the water to fix the pipe of a pump clogged with mud. |
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Water drained from the search area is pumped into the canal the team had dug before entering the downstream area. |
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The task force is joined by three sniffer dogs. |
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An officer inspects an area focused on by the canines. |
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Ta Van Chinh, 52, father of one of the missing workers, places burning incense near the area where the sixth body was found Sunday. |
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What’s left of a metal framework that used to serve as the dormitory for the dam workers. The search team has so far found many of the workers' belongings such as their clothes, sandals, mats, and motorbikes. |
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Nguyen Van Phuong, deputy chairman of Thua Thien-Hue (C), is leading the search mission. Following his request, the task force has been focusing their operation on the area in the middle of Rao Trang River. |
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By the end of Monday, more signs of what used to be to the operation center of the hydropower project have been found but the task force has yet to detect any more signs of the missing workers. The landslide occurred as central Vietnam was being devastated by heavy rains, floods, and landslides. |