A ‪Chinese‬ Naval patrol aircraft was sent to rescue 3 construction workers in serious illness at ‪Nansha‬ islands in the South China Sea after the Nansha islands construction team reported an emergency to the Chinese Navy on April 17, 2016.

The aircraft landed in Yongshu Jiao Airport, picked up the three workers and sent them to Sanya Phoenix Airport in south China’s Hainan province. Li Wanmei, one of the workers had massive gastrointestinal bleeding and the other two suffered from vertebral fracture and possible appendicitis. The three were then transported to Hospital 425 in Sanya, Hainan.