"Keith Willshaw" wrote in message
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"Howard Berkowitz" wrote in message
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In article ,
(John S. Shinal) wrote:



That's quite a bit of airlift, even if they have a lot of
territory to cover.

What are the airports closest to the disaster area that can handle large
cargo aircraft that can carry helos that can't self-deploy?
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ITN News were talking of heavy airlift assets staging through
Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur with smaller aircraft shuttling
into Banda Aceh .

That airport seems to be fairly primitive, it was closed most
of today after a 737 hit a water buffalo on the runway.
The Buffalo survided and legged it into the jungle , the
737 was left with a collapsed wheel on the runway.

The B737 was depicted on the runway resting on its
port engine nacelle ... not quite like the Operating Manual.
It seems to have been fork-lifted off the runway using what
a USMC Cpt stated was 'a great deal of ingenuity and home
-cooking'
The Cpt told SkyNews that the airport had about a days
worth of supplies that the Helo's could deliver but the
teams needed the runway to fly in 'tomorrows' worth of
goodies.

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Brian