THE 10 helicopters have now been parked at the Talang Betutu Air Base in Palembang for two weeks. They are no longer drawing water from rivers, flying to emergencies and extinguishing the fires burning in the forests of South Sumatra.

The helicopters were leased by the National Disaster and Refugee Management Coordination Board (Bakornas) from PT Air Transport Services. Operating since October 22, the BO-105 helicopters were tasked with extinguish