GERMANY: FIRST U.S PLANE OF HUMANITARIAN AID FOR PEOPLE OF IRAQ LEAVES GERMANY

Record ID: 646769

  • Title: GERMANY: FIRST U.S PLANE OF HUMANITARIAN AID FOR PEOPLE OF IRAQ LEAVES GERMANY
  • Date: 15th April 2003
  • Summary: (EU) RAMSTEIN, GERMANY (APRIL 15, 2003) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. WIDE OF C17 TRANSPORT PLANE ON TARMAC 0.08 2. SMV CREWMAN SIGNALLING FOR LOADING OF AID 0.11 3. SMV , PALETTES OF CARDBOARD BOXES ARE LOADED ONTO THE JET BY FORKLIFT TRUCK 0.18 4. VARIOUS, OF CREW MEMBERS WATCHING AID BEING LOADED ONTO PLANE / MEN PUSHING CARGO INTO PLACE (2 SHOTS) 0.39 5. WIDE OF TAIL OF JET AS IT IS BEING LOADED 0.44 6. VARIOUS, CARGO BEING SECURED INTO PLACE WITH CHAINS (2 SHOTS) 0.52 7. SMV CREW MEMBER ON WALKIE TALKIE 0.57 8. VARIOUS VIEWS JET IS BEING LOADED WITH BOXES FULL OF HUMANITARIAN AID (2 SHOTS) 1.12 9. CLOSE OF BOXES WITH USA FLAG READING " FOOD GIFT FROM THE PEOPLES OF THE USA" 1.21 10. VARIOUS VIEWS LOADING (3 SHOTS) 1.39 11. VARIOUS OF DOOR OF PLANE BEING CLOSED 1.48 12. WIDE OF C-17 AT DUSK 1.54 13. WIDE OF COCKPIT 1.59 14. VARIOUS, CREWMEMBER CHECKING PLANE 2.08 15. VARIOUS VIEWS IN COCKPIT WITH JET TAKING OFF (3 SHOTS) 2.29 16. WIDE OF CARGO IN PLANE 2.35 17. VARIOUS VIEWS BOXES (2 SHOTS) 2.44 18. WIDE OF CREW SLEEPING IN PLANE 2.50 19. SMV LOADMASTER DOING PAPERWORK 2.56 20. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) LOADMASTER TECHNICAL SERGEANT DOUG SIMPSON, SAYING: "Every mission that we fly has risks, going into short fields at night, that sort of thing, but we train for that and I feel good about it, I feel like we have had adequate training for the mission that we are doing." 3.09 21. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) PILOT, CAPTAIN JEREMY HANSON, SAYING: "I am proud to help out to ease the plight of the starving people in Iraq. By hauling this food we are playing a small part in helping them rebuild their country and get back on their feet." 3.30 22. VARIOUS VIEWS COCKPIT/ PILOT AT CONTROLS (2 SHOTS) 3.38 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 30th April 2003 13:00
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  • Location: RAMSTEIN, GERMANY
  • Country: Germany
  • Reuters ID: LVAD1ZLEKA6CJ3ITIOISG5UUFW84
  • Story Text: The U.S. military has started to send humanitarian aid
    to Iraq from Ramstein Airbase in southwestern Germany.



    The first planeload of humanitarian aid rations
    destined for Iraq left Ramstein on Tuesday (April 15), but
    never reached its destination as bad weather over Harir
    airfield near Bashur in northern Iraq forced the crew to
    return to Germany without delivering the aid.

    Several tonnes of rations were loaded onto the C-17
    transport plane for the five hour journey, only to be turned
    around shortly before the destination. However, an official at
    Ramstein air base said the aid flights will be going regularly
    in the foreseeable future.

    Technical Sergeant Doug Simpson, responsible for the cargo
    on board, said that every mission has its risks, especially
    flying into a war zone at night.

    "Every mission that we fly has risks, going into short
    fields at night, that sort of thing, but we train for that and
    I feel good about it, I feel like we have had adequate
    training for the mission that we are doing," he said.

    The pilot, Jeremy Hanson, said he was proud to be able to
    help out.

    "By hauling this food we are playing a small part in
    helping them rebuild their country and get back on their
    feet," he added.



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