Aviation in the tsunami disaster area

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 03 Jan 2005, 09:26

Most comprehensive link is

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/tsunami/

Details of all of the above and more.

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 03 Jan 2005, 12:29

Governmental and other accredited relief agencies desirous of despatching medical and relief supplies to Port Blair could get in touch with
Jet Airways’
Sr. General Manager (South India), Mr. V Raja Thapar House, 43/44,
Montieth Road,
Egmore, Chennai – 600 008 (Tamil Nadu).
Tel: +91-44-28587920;
Fax: +91-44-28555109;
E-mail: vraja@jetairways.com,

and

General Manager (East India)
Mr Sudhakar Rao
Stephen Court,
18D Park Street,
Kolkata – 700 052 (West Bengal).
Tel: + 91-33-22292747;
Fax: +91-33-22496866;
E-Mail: sudhakarrao@jetairways.com.

The article can be viewed at:
http://www.jetairways.com/Cultures/en-U ... oPortBlair

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 03 Jan 2005, 12:55

Malaysia opens airspace, airports for tsunami relief works in Aceh

http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillat ... 621&irec=5

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 03 Jan 2005, 13:07

Etihad Airways is shipping more supplies to Tsunami victims in Sri Lanka today, including a large amount of food items, clothing, blankets and emergency supplies from the UAE Red Crescent Authority. The RCA is also extending its relief programme to the devastated Indonesian province of Aceh.

SN30952 · Post by **SN30952** » 03 Jan 2005, 21:36

The government and the international freight forwarding company, PT DHL have established an airport emergency team that would work under the coordination of Transportation Ministry to distribute logistics to Aceh.

"I have called on the Transportation Minister to overcome the traffic jam in Medan and Banda Aceh," Vice President Jusuf Kalla said on Monday.

Kalla said, the team would manage the flow of humanitarian aid through airports to accelerate its distribution to tsunami affected regions.

Post by **sn26567** » 04 Jan 2005, 08:48

The relief efforts in Aceh have been stalled when the airport of Banda Aceh was closed yesterday after a Boeing 737 skidded on the runway.

JohnA · Post by **JohnA** » 04 Jan 2005, 13:09

Yes. It's been reported that a herd of water buffalo
was on the runway and that a 737's landing gear has
been wrecked.

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 05 Jan 2005, 09:26

Airport was operational yesterday evening after clearing.

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 05 Jan 2005, 10:41

https://www.aviation24.be/postt8031.html

Buffalo Update is alive here!

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 05 Jan 2005, 11:14

V-Bird · Post by **V-Bird** » 05 Jan 2005, 11:43

in today`s newspapers

KLM has send 2 747-400erf to indonesia.. with in total 102 tons of medicals, Martinair has offered the UNHCR 2 md-11s for medical flight use.

The UNHCR asked the Dutch goverment to send cevil and millitary air traffic controllers to the airports of Medan and Banda Atjeh complete with equipment.

Also an an-124 depart today from Copenhagen with almost 1000 tents aboard, ths United states will send a flying hospital ( Dc10-10 ) to the area.

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 05 Jan 2005, 12:46

Officials in India's Andaman and Nicobar islands have begun taking aid directly to victims of last week's tsunami, rather than evacuating them.

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4146423.stm

JohnA · Post by **JohnA** » 05 Jan 2005, 13:22

In addition to ocean-going relief ships, this is the largest
relief operation the world has ever seen. The aviation component
is, of course, both vital and the largest of its kind, ever. It must give
crews a special sense of satisfaction to fly such missions. It would
be good to hear from some of them here.

V-Bird · Post by **V-Bird** » 05 Jan 2005, 17:06

Antonov offered the United Nations some An-124 planes. The an-124 is designed to operate from grassfields on regular base, so she don`t need a runway. Also the pilots are trained to land the an-124 with a minimum of comunications with the ground.

heard on the german radio 101.50 das hitradio journal...can anybody confirm this?

SN30952 · Post by **SN30952** » 05 Jan 2005, 18:54

China Southern Airlines is continuing its 747 freight airlift of emergency medical supplies to the flood ravaged areas of Indonesia and Sri Lanka.

China Southern has taken both of its 747-400 freighters off-line from its standard Europe/China and USA/China commercial service and has pushed them into emergency airlift duty to Colombo, Sri Lanka and Medan, Indonesia.

“We are pleased to be part of our nation’s ongoing commitment to aid the hardest hit areas of last week’s tidal wave,” said Mr. Li Kun, Executive Vice President, China Southern Airlines.
Mr. Li added that, “each of our freighters is stuffed full with medicines, including sterile gauzes and bandages as well as food and emergency tents.”
He also said that each 747-400 freight airlift has also included local language interpreters.

SN30952 · Post by **SN30952** » 05 Jan 2005, 19:04

Swiss is participating in the collective effort organised by Swiss Solidarity for the benefit of the victims of the Asian tsunami . From today, January 5, through until Sunday, January 9, SWISS will donate CHF 10 for every booking received via it`s website.
In addition, 10%t of the January revenue from duty-free sales on board SWISS flights will go to Swiss Solidarity.
SWISS will also make cargo space available free of charge in the short term for organisations such as the Red Cross and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation.

SN30952 · Post by **SN30952** » 05 Jan 2005, 19:16

JohnA wrote:Yes. It's been reported that a herd of water buffalo was on the runway and that a 737's landing gear has been wrecked.

A Boeing 737 cargo plane carrying aid touched down from Jakarta around 1am (0500 AEDT) on Tuesday morning and was turning when its left engine and undercarriage hit a cow that had strayed onto the runway from nearby fields.
picture of the 737
The left side of the chartered TRI-MG Airlines jet collapsed, blocking the strip to all fixed-wing flights.
Engineers there were trying to find a way to jack the damaged side of the plane up so its broken undercarriage could be welded into place and the aircraft could be rolled clear.
"We don't have anything here big enough to drag it," he said.
Australian air force ground crews were some of the first on the scene after the accident and unloaded medical and electrical equipment with a forklift.
"We've got the only real forklift here," Amberley (Austr) based flying officer Carl Lorrigan said.

Here one sees how these airports operate: not even a real forklift is present....

A number of foreign aircraft has unloaded their cargo consisting of relief aid for tsunami victims in Aceh and North Sumatera at the Hang Nadim International Airport, Batam.

Some foreign aircraft were compelled to unload their cargo at Batam Airport, because Polonia Airport in the North Sumatera capital was already too crowded with similar activities, Riau Governor Ismeth Abdullah said here Wednesday. So far, the Government has declared the Polonia Airport as one of the relief aid distribution centers.

SN30952 · Post by **SN30952** » 05 Jan 2005, 19:25

Thailand – Phuket
- temporarily closed as a precaution
- now operations normal
- some apron congestion experienced.
- road to the airport is damaged causing traffic jams, but not very serious
- all other Thai airports operating normally.
- BKK is being used as evacuation centre.

India (refused foreigh assitance...)
– no closures
- operations normal
- big problems @ Andaman Airports

Sri Lanka
– no closures
- operations normal

Maldives
– Male was closed temporarily due to water on the runway
- now open for day-time flights only.
- night operations suspended.
(Note: Noght restriction now reported as lifted)

Indonesia
– Aceh airport was not affected.
- relief flights get automatic approval.
- small domestic airport in Aceh is closed
- all other indonesian airports operating normally

Malaysia
– all operations normal
- no overflight problems.

Basically, all airports in the area are fully operational .

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 06 Jan 2005, 09:47

Navigraph Asian Tsunami Disaster Aid AreaPack

All Revenue Donated to the Swedish Red Cross Organization

http://www.flightsim.com/cgi/kds?$=main ... vi0105.htm

JohnA · Post by **JohnA** » 06 Jan 2005, 14:44

Interfax is reporting mobilization
of the Russian military - aviation -
to the tsunami relief operations.

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Aviation in the tsunami disaster area

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China Southern Airlines

Swiss

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