Links to some aviation items that relate to this terrible event:
News:
Sri Lanka airport runs out of fuel Jan 2 - Sri Lanka's only international airport ran out of fuel Sunday amid an influx of cargo flights carrying aid for tsunami victims, officials said...
Rains disrupt aid efforts Jan 2 - The UN refugee agency UNHCR began a 400-tonne airlift of emergency supplies from Denmark and Dubai today for Aceh province alone...
US helicopters airlift disaster survivors from Indonesian coast Jan 2 - US navy helicopters began airlifting disaster survivors from an isolated stretch of coastline on the west coast of Indonesia's tsunami-devastated Aceh province, a spokesman said...
Tsunami aid lands for survivors and unborn babies Jan 2 - A multinational forcE of aid workers, military aircraft and ships descended on Asia as global tsunami relief pledges topped $1.85 billion, but the hundreds of tonnes of aid created a logistical nightmare...
UNHCR emergency airlift for Aceh set for takeoff Jan 1 - A UN refugee agency emergency airlift operation was set to get off the ground Sunday from Denmark and Dubai, carrying 400 tonnes of urgent humanitarian aid to Indonesia's disaster-razed province of Aceh...
Villagers Mob American Aid Helicopters Jan 1 - Desperate, homeless villagers on the tsunami-ravaged island of Sumatra mobbed American helicopters carrying aid Saturday as the U.S. military launched its largest operation in the region since the Vietnam War, ferrying food and other emergency relief to survivors across the disaster zone...
Donations:
Christmas Charity Appeal - Supports UK emergency relief to the victims of the tsunami in Asia, channelling funds through the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC).
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