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Alenia Aeronautica. Solidarity: flying to Africa to give back light to 2000 persons

Rome, Italy - A C-27J will ship three operating rooms and over 40 persons

"On the 23rd of November the 10th edition of the humanitarian mission 'Giving back light' begins: the ’AFMAL (Fatebenefratelli Association for distant unhealthy people), Alenia Aeronautica and the Italian Air Force together against blindness in Mali. As of today nearly 17.000 medical examinations and 3000 eye operations have been made. Doctors, nurses, friars, volunteers and pilots together again f...

fra/pec - 1096995
Rome, Italy, 11/21/2008 16:53
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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