CORRECTION-QUAKE-NEPAL/US PLANES U.S. cargo aircraft fleet arrives in Kathmandu

Record ID: 157245

  • Title: CORRECTION-QUAKE-NEPAL/US PLANES U.S. cargo aircraft fleet arrives in Kathmandu
  • Date: 5th May 2015
  • Summary: KATHMANDU, NEPAL (MAY 5, 2015) (REUTERS) UNITED STATES C-17 CARGO PLANE TAXIING PLANE TAXIING PLANE PULLING UP TO SPOT PILOTS PLANE STOPPING MAN TAKING PICTURE OF PLANE FROM CAR PLANE VARIOUS OF PEOPLE TAKING OUT VEHICLES FROM PLANE (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNITED STATES AIR FORCE COLONEL, LEE ANDERSON, SAYING: "Well obviously one airport creates a limited throughput. So our
  • Embargoed: 20th May 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Nepal
  • Country: Nepal
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVAW6GOHTHDQ5X36XNXH4MPOVBN
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: The United States started sending their airborne cargo aircraft to quake-hit Nepal on Tuesday (May 5) to help improve cargo capacity of the Kathmandu airport.
    The fleet includes four C-17 Globemaster cargo aircraft and two UH-1Y Huey helicopters.
    "Well obviously one airport creates a limited throughput. So our job is to reduce the limit or reduce the effect of that limit on the throughput coming through here. So we've got the ability to help offload aircraft quicker, to integrate with the Nepalese government and hopefully accelerate the amount of aid that comes into this airport," explained Colonel Lee Anderson.
    The United Nations has said 8 million of Nepal's 28 million people were affected by the quake, with at least 2 million needing tents, water, food and medicines over the next three months.
    Amid that, the United States is looking to provide up to 26 million USD in aid.
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