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CHINESE AIR FORCE FLIES RELIEF MATERIALS TO SNOW-HIT AREAS.
BEIJING, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - By 6 p.m. Thursday, four Chinese air force Ilyushin II-76 military transport aircraft had finished their missions of flying relief materials to southern areas affected by severe winter weather.
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) announced on early Thursday that the General Staff Department had ordered the aircraft to carry quilts and winter coats from bases in Xi'an city, Shaanxi Province, and Changzhi city, Shanxi Province, to south China.
"After receiving a request for air assistance from the State Disaster Relief Commission, the four military carriers immediately suspended their military tasks and flew to the appointed bases in 40 minutes," said Lieutenant-Colonel Chen Zheming, of the PLA emergency response group.
One aircraft took off at 1:17 a.m. on Thursday from Changzhi and landed at Nanning, capital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, at 3:57 a.m.
The four transport aircraft still have 11 relief flights to complete.
In response to a request by Hunan Province, the air force will also fly electricians to the provincial capital, Changsha, from Leiyang City via II-76 military transport aircraft.
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Source: HighBeam Research, CHINESE AIR FORCE FLIES RELIEF MATERIALS TO SNOW-HIT AREAS.