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Waterquake in the South-East Asia: the two Italian Civil Defence's Canadairs arrived in Sri Lanka

Colombo, Sri Lanka - The search and rescue operations for the transport of necessities could start today

The two Italian Civil Defence’s Canadairs sent towards Sri Lanka to perform support missions for the population in difficulty in the Asian country after the recent waterquake (see for details AVIONEWS) arrived at the capital Airport, Colombo, yesterday in the afternoon. The two firefighter aircraft are likely to be deployed just starting today in order to perform search and rescue operations in areas p...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 111242
Rome, Italy, 01/04/2005 12:26
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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