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First Italian aids-carrying aircraft landed in Myanmar

Rome, Italy - Mission was started yesterday in Brindisi

According to World Food Programme sources, the first Italian aircraft carrying humanitarian aids worth several hundred of thousand Euros for the Myanmar (former Birmania) people landed today at the Rangoon airport. The Far East country has been devastated by "Nargis" cyclone, which created heavy damages and loss of many thousands of lives. The aircraft was ready to begin mission on Brindisi airport,...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1089275
Rome, Italy, 05/08/2008 15:32
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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