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Waterquake in the South-East Asia: two Italian Civil Defence's Canadair in Sri Lanka

Colombo, Sri Lanka - After taking off from Rome-Ciampino Airport, they will perform SAR operations searching for missing people in difficult areas

The two Italian Civil Defence’s Canadair amphibious firefighting airplanes destined to operate in Sri Lanka took off from Rome-Ciampino Airport on last December 31 (see for details AVIONEWS). The two aircraft will not be obviously deployed in the Asian country involved by the terrible disaster generated by the tsunami as a firefighter but as an airplane devoted to Search and Rescue missions (SAR) i...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 111140
Rome, Italy, 01/03/2005 12:31
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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