CONGO (LEO): CANADA BEGINS ZAMBIA OIL AIRLIFT

Record ID: 344678

  • Title: CONGO (LEO): CANADA BEGINS ZAMBIA OIL AIRLIFT
  • Date: 31st December 1965
  • Summary: THE HERCULES AT LEOPOLDVILLE AIRPORT, FORUMS OF OIL BEING LOADED, THE AIRCRAFT TAKING OFF. Initials JT/VS/JH/ES Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 15th January 1966 12:00
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  • Location: LEOPOLDVILLE -- CONGO
  • Country: Congo, Democratic Republic of
  • Reuters ID: LVA89M719KH1S5A8PRZIFE6AEPRU
  • Story Text: CANADA HAS JOINED THE AIRLIFT OF OIL TO ZAMBIA. THE FIRST REGULAR SHIPMENT LEFT LEOPOLDVILLE, IN THE CONGO, YESTERDAY (THURSDAY) FOR LUSAKA, THE ZAMBIAN CAPITAL, IN A HERCULES TRANSPORT OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE.

    THE HERCULES -- FROM NAMAO BASE, IN ALBERTA -- IS THE FIRST OF FOUR CANADA IS PROVIDING FOR THE AIRLIFT TO ZAMBIA, WHICH UP UNTIL RECENTLY GOT ITS SUPPLIES THROUGH REBEL RHODESIA.

    IT FLEW A TOKEN SHIPMENT LAST SUNDAY, BUT YESTERDAY'S FLIGHT MARKED THE START OF THE REGULAR SERVICE. (80 DRUMS -- TOTALLING ABOUT 4000 GALLONS (18000 LITRES) -- WERE LOADED ABOARD THE HERCULES.

    THE UNITED STATES IS EXPECTED TO JOIN THE AIRLIFT SOON. BRITISH AIRCRAFT HAVE BEEN TAKING PART FOR SOME TIME, OPERATING OUT OF TANZANIA, AND HAVE ALREADY TOPPED THE 100,000-GALLON MARK (454,600 LITRES).
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