John Doe wrote in message news:1114406099.ce45bf41060592ab66077e7adfb6c337@ teranews...
Derek Lyons wrote:

BBC states that it landed less than 4 hours after undocking from the
station. It landed 90km from Arkalyk. So lets say that it would have
taken 6 hours from station to hospital, that is pretty damn good.

http://www.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/content/news.shtml
quotes ITAR-TASS quoting gen-maj Vladimir Popov, head of federal air
and space search and rescue: (quick and dirty translation)
"A unique method of evacuation was used for TMA-5 landing ... rescue
helicopters hovered above the landing site. Rescue team descended on
the ground using special ladders, opened the hatch and pulled the crew
out. After receiving permission from the doctor who examined the crew
on site, the crew were lifted aboard the helicopter on stretchers one
by one ... The whole operation from the opening of capsule's parachute
until arrival at the hospital 85km away from the landing site took
less then 50 minutes."