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First aid flights leave for Tonga after big volcano eruption
Updated On: 20 January, 2022 12:16 PM IST | Wellington | AP
The flights were all due to arrive in Tonga on Thursday afternoon
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C-17A Globemaster III aircraft delivering the first load of Australian aid to Tonga’s Fua’amotu international airport on 20 January 2022. Pic/AFP
The first flights carrying fresh water and other aid to Tonga were finally able to leave Thursday after the Pacific nation`s main airport runway was cleared of ash left by a huge volcanic eruption. A C-130 Hercules military transport plane left New Zealand carrying water containers, kits for temporary shelters, generators, hygiene supplies and communications equipment, New Zealand`s Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta said.
Australia also sent a C-17 Globemaster transport plane with another to follow that were carrying humanitarian supplies. The flights were all due to arrive in Tonga on Thursday afternoon. The deliveries will be done with no contact because Tonga is desperate to make sure foreigners don`t bring in the coronavirus. It has not had any outbreaks of COVID-19 and has reported just a single case since the pandemic began.
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