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Airlines ready to distribute humanitarian aid to Aceh
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In solidarity – Several students from the Mahadal Ulum Diniyah (MUDI) boarding school in Samalanga, Bireun regency, Aceh, carry humanitarian assistance for earthquake victims on Thursday. More than 100 people died when a massive earthquake rocked Pidie Jaya regency, Aceh, on Wednesday morning. (Antara/Syifa Yulinnas)
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our airlines have expressed their commitment to help distribute humanitarian assistance to victims of a 6.5 magnitude earthquake that rocked Pidie Jaya regency, Aceh, on Wednesday, said a ministry official.
“Air Asia is ready to help while Lion Air has flown personnel to Aceh. Tri MG is set to provide cargo aircraft and Sriwijaya Air is ready to help as well,” the Transportation Ministry’s director general for air transportation Suprasetyo said in Jakarta on Thursday.
He further said once humanitarian aid was collected in Jakarta, the airlines would carry it, including volunteers, medical officials, Indonesian Military (TNI) and National Police officers, to Aceh.
Suprasetyo said the airlines were ready to deliver any logistics that needed to be distributed to quake victims in Aceh, and they would take turns carrying out the humanitarian mission every day.
The massive earthquake occurred at around 5:03 a.m. local time on Wednesday. It was felt in several areas, including Banda Aceh, Bener Meriah regency, Central Aceh regency and other areas in North Sumatra. The disaster caused devastating damages in Bireun, Pidie and Pidie Jaya. As of Thursday, 102 people have been reported dead. (wnd/ebf)
