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INAER's Canadair aircraft involved in a new mission in Libya

Labraq, Libya - Second intervention after the one performed in April

INAER communicated it received on May 22, 2013, a feasibility request from the Unified Air Operational Centre (COAU) for a firefighting mission in Libya, similar to the one which was carried out in April this year, when two Canadairs were involved in the extinguishing of large fires in Libya's Cyrenaica region, close to the city of Labraq and to La Abraq Airport, along the important arterial road which...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1152494
Rome, Italy, 05/24/2013 10:26
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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