PAF C-130 Airlifts Relief Goods to Iran

[Abbas Ali]

Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Lockheed C-130E Hercules (serial number 4171) airlifted relief goods from PAF Base Nur Khan, Chaklala, to Tehran, Iran.

The twelve tonnes of relief goods arranged by Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) included tents, tarpaulin and plastic mats for people affected by November 12 earthquake in Iran.


PAF C-130 crew.


Relief goods arranged by NDMA.

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

According to news sources, the C-130 has arrived at PAF Base Nur Khan, Chaklala, after delivering relief goods to Iran for people affected by earthquake.

Relief goods transported by the aircraft from Pakistan included 1,050 blankets, 200 tarpaulins, 200 plastic mats and 165 tents. The relief goods were handed over by NDMA to Iranian officials.

Pakistan is the only country from whom Iran accepted relief goods that indicates strong friendly relations between the two neighboring countries.

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Lockheed C-130 Hercules in Iran with relief goods from Pakistan for people affected by November 12 earthquake.


Relief goods loaded into a truck in Iran.


Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Lockheed C-130 Hercules in Iran with relief goods from Pakistan for people affected by November 12 earthquake.


PAF C-130 relief flight to Iran crew member interviewed after arriving at PAF Base Nur Khan, Chaklala. In the background is PAF Lockheed C-130E Hercules (4153) that took part in RIAT 2017 air show with special markings on vertical stabilizer.

Abbas

[Salman Haider]

PAF C-130 aircraft airlifted relief goods to Iran
November 19, 2017


Pakistan Air ForceC-130 Hercules - Photo by MA Amir

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) C-130 aircraft airlifted relief goods to Iran on Sunday.

The aircraft carried more than 12 tons of relief goods dispatched by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) of Pakistan for the humanitarian relief assistance of Iran's earthquake victims.

The relief goods include 165 tents, 1050 blankets, 200 tarpaulins, 200 plastic mats, perishable items, and other supplies. The PAF C-130 aircraft landed back today (Sunday) at the PAF Nur Khan airbase after delivering the goods.

Iran has only accepted aid from Pakistan after it was hit by the deadliest earthquake in more than a decade earlier on November 13. Iran’s English-language Press TV had said that more than 450 people were killed and 7,000 were injured when the magnitude 7.3 earthquake jolted the country on Sunday.

The quake was felt in several provinces of Iran but the hardest hit province was Kermanshah. More than 300 of the victims were in Sarpol-e-Zahab county in that province, about 15 km (10 miles) from the Iraq border.

Iranian state television had said the quake had caused heavy damage in some villages where houses were made of earthen bricks. The quake also triggered landslides that hindered rescue efforts, officials told state television.

Relief workers had said that while much aid had been pledged, there was an immediate need for blankets, children’s clothes, medicine and large cans to store drinking water. TV aired footage of some people weeping next to corpses shrouded in blankets.