Fifty members of the Special Malaysia Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (Smart) left for Naypyidaw, Myanmar, this morning on a humanitarian aid mission to participate in the search and rescue (SAR) operations for earthquake victims.

The team, which is under the National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma), along with SAR equipment—including two five-tonne trucks and a four-wheel-drive vehicle— left in two Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) A400M aircraft which took off from the RMAFSubang Air Base at 9.30am and 10am, respectively.