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Bam Airport Has Handled 500 Flights
December 28, 2003
Bam Airport Has Handled 500 Flights
Irib, Iran
Bam, Dec 28 - At least 500 flights have been carried out from and to the Bam
airport since the quake disaster took place at dawn on Friday, managing
director of Kerman province's airports Mohsen Esmaili said on Saturday.
Esmaili said that the about 10,000 patients have been airlifted from Bam to
other cities.
He said that the patients are currently being airlifted to Shiraz, Mashhad,
Tehran and Bandar Abbas.
Meanwhile, three Turkish airplanes carrying relief aid landed at Bam airport.
He said that airplanes from Turkey, Switzerland, Germany, Britain, and Italy
have also landed at Bam airport.
Foreign rescue teams with sniffer dogs have also been engaged in a race against
the clock to help those still trapped under rubble.
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