A "Transport 7" aircraft performed artificial rainfall operations successfully on the morning of October 13. It is the first time for Ganzhou to use aircraft to make artificial rainfall. (Hu Zhihua, Reporter Yan Zhangwen)
An aircraft got a successful trial to artificial rainfall operations in Ganzhou, Jiangxi province on October 12. Ganzhou has a large area and forest coverage. Drought and forest fire often occur in autumn and winter. Using aircrafts for artificial rainfall is efficient to reduce the dangerous level of forest fire and prevent agricultural drought. The picture shows staff are installing rainfall enhancing equipments.
Staff are debugging equipments.
The plane begins to have rainfall increasing operations.
(Photos by Shen Yang / Xinhua News Agency)
