Some small planes able to get in
Jan 4, 2005 — By Dean Yates
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) - Hungry and filthy, Indonesians queued for water in their thousands on Tuesday as aid deliveries to tsunami-ravaged Aceh province hit new snags.
The main airport in Banda Aceh, a key hub for relief flights, was closed to planes after the landing gear collapsed on an aid flight in the early hours of the morning.
"I can't imagine anything worse happening to this airfield right now," said Captain Larry Burt, a commander with the U.S. aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln group that has been playing a pivotal role in flying in supplies to the region.
Updates on local flying service MAF onsite http://www.maf.org/aceh/index.html
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) - Hungry and filthy, Indonesians queued for water in their thousands on Tuesday as aid deliveries to tsunami-ravaged Aceh province hit new snags.
The main airport in Banda Aceh, a key hub for relief flights, was closed to planes after the landing gear collapsed on an aid flight in the early hours of the morning.
"I can't imagine anything worse happening to this airfield right now," said Captain Larry Burt, a commander with the U.S. aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln group that has been playing a pivotal role in flying in supplies to the region.
Updates on local flying service MAF onsite http://www.maf.org/aceh/index.html
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