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US sends additional aid for Türkiye quake survivors

US sends additional aid for Türkiye quake survivors

An Atlas Air flight has departed from Washington Dulles International Airport with 60 tonnes of humanitarian and reduction provides, whereas Ecuadorians have collected tonnes of products for the survivors.

Atlas Air has provided free aircraft and Boeing provided free fuel for the aid to be delivered to quake victims in Türkiye.
Atlas Air has supplied free plane and Boeing supplied free gasoline for the help to be delivered to quake victims in Türkiye.
(Celal Gunes / AA Archive)

The United States is sending an extra tranche of 60 tonnes of support to Türkiye to assist alleviate the wants of earthquake victims, the Turkish embassy in Washington DC has mentioned.

The donations are being transported by an Atlas Air 747-8F aircraft, with logistical help from Turkish Airlines, and gasoline from Boeing, the embassy mentioned on Friday.

Sinan Ertay, the deputy chief of mission on the Turkish embassy in Washington, mentioned humanitarian help continues to pour in from throughout the US, particularly the Turkish-American group.

“We have despatched support by air earlier than and we proceed to ship it. We have extra reduction provides. We ship support from everywhere in the US to Türkiye by planes,” he told Türkiye’s Anadolu Agency.

The flight departed from Washington Dulles International Airport with tonnes of humanitarian and relief supplies, Atlas Air said in a statement.

“Through our partnership with Turkish Airlines, we are honoured to contribute air freight capacity to deliver critical supplies to this region where they are needed the most,” said John Dietrich, President and Chief Executive Officer, of Atlas Air Worldwide.

“We are moved by the heroic work of first responders and humanitarian organizations to provide relief to the communities impacted by this natural disaster. On behalf of our 5,000 Atlas employees around the world, we are grateful for this opportunity to show our support.”

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Ecuadorians accumulate tonnes of support

Tonnes of support supplies had been collected in Ecuador for earthquake victims in Türkiye following a reduction drive launched by the Turkish Embassy in Quito.

Ecuadorians donated greater than 15 tonnes to the embassy and warehouses of Turkish corporations Donatella Fruit and Yilport within the cities of Guayaquil and Machala.

The Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry and the nation’s Disaster and Risk Management Secretariat donated 17 tonnes of supplies, consisting of meals packages for two,000 households, 1,000 blankets and 1,546 pairs of trainers.

At a ceremony with Isabel Albornoz, Ambassador-Director of Economic Integration and Bilateral Trade Relations on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility of Ecuador, Turkish Ambassador to Quito Basak Yalcin thanked Ecuadorian authorities and the folks of the nation for exhibiting solidarity and condolence messages.

Albornoz reiterated her nation’s condolences and famous Türkiye’s serving to hand after the 2016 earthquake in Ecuador.

The Embassy in Quito mentioned 32 tonnes collected in Ecuador will likely be shipped from the Machala Port on February 19 to be despatched to Türkiye’s catastrophe company, AFAD.

At least 39,672 folks had been killed by two sturdy earthquakes that jolted southern Türkiye on February 6, the nation’s inside minister mentioned Friday.

The magnitude 7.7 and seven.6 quakes had been centred in Kahramanmaras and struck 10 different provinces – Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Hatay, Gaziantep, Malatya, Kilis, Osmaniye, Elazig, and Sanliurfa. More than 13 million folks have been affected by the devastating quakes.

Several nations within the area, together with Syria and Lebanon, additionally felt the sturdy tremors that struck Türkiye within the house of lower than 10 hours.

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Source: TRTWorld and companies

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