Do you want to access to this and other private contents?
Log in if you are a subscriber or click here to request service

Waterquake in the South-East Asia: WFP aid to Somalia

Mogadishu, Somalia - It dispatched an airplane to Hafun which has been left remote for years due to the pitched battles among militiamen

On Sunday, World Food Programme (WFP) sent an aircraft with food supplies to a zone where operating by air means has been impossible for about ten years because of the never-ending fighting which were underway here: this is the Hafun peninsula, in Somalia. Until now, aid arrived only by road or by ground facing militiamen roadblocks. Yesterday a ship sailed from Mombasa in Kenya, with 1,300 tons of...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 111768
Rome, Italy, 01/12/2005 12:22
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

Similar

Civil aviationecoDemonstrator program to test new technologies

To improve cabin recyclability and operational efficiency

Other projects focus on single-engine taxi and digital taxi tests to reduce fuel usage and enhance safety more

Civil aviationAirbus achieves PDR for Eurodrone programme

And it enters into a final step

The Eurodrone programme has successfully performed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR). Led by Airbus Defence and Space as prime contractor, this major programme milestone has been completed with OCCAR... more

Civil defenseBrussels upgrades fire prevention system

Towards the creation of an aircraft fleet to fight fires in the Summer

The European Union is strengthening the Civil Protection Mechanism to prepare for firefighting and protect communities in member countries. In detail, among the measures adopted in this regard, there is... more