An emergency charter flight carrying 111 members of the China Search and Rescue Team and four experienced search dogs left Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport early on August 27 for Dingri Airport in Xigaze, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.

Most of the rescuers came from Beijing and Sichuan fire and rescue services, and most had taken part in previous major disaster response missions. They carried detection, rescue, breaching, communications and support equipment.

The reinforcements were dispatched after a mudslide in Nepal on Wednesday affected Gyirong Port, causing major casualties and leaving people missing.