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Virgin Atlantic flies earthquake aid to Adana

[ February 14, 2023   //   Chris Lewis ]

Virgin Atlantic has operated one of the first UK aid flights to Turkey, departing Heathrow on Tuesday 13 February with £350,000 worth of supplies for earthquake victims.

The specially chartered cargo only flight transported 64 pallets of clothing and almost a tonne of infant milk powder to Adana, a 115 miles from the epicentre of the earthquake. The shipment will be handled on the ground by AFAD, the Turkish Government’s Aid Agency.

The humanitarian mission, pulled together in less than seven days, is being led by non-profit Magen David Adom UK and is a combined effort by a number of organisations, including crisis response charity Goods for Goods, medicines supplier Durban and Virgin Atlantic, who donated the flight.

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