6 103 Ton Logistics Transport Aircraft Plane to Disaster Areas in Central Sulawesi

DETEKSIPOST.COM – As many as 6 foreign aircraft carrying 103 tons of aid from Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaimandi Balikpapan International Airport to Al-Jufri Pearl Airport in Palu City, Central Sulawesi on Wednesday (10/17). the six aircraft are transportation support from the Governments of the United States, Australia, Canada, Korea, Japan and Singapore.
 
A total of 64 flight sorties using military transport planes brought aid from Balikpapan as an entry point to Palu. The aircraft, which on average uses the C-130 Hercules type, transports domestic and foreign assistance in the form of food and non-food assistance.
 
the food aid that was unloaded was in the form of mineral water, instant noodles, biscuits, baby nutrition food, cooking oil and rice, while non-food was dominated by tents. In addition, the aircraft also lowered 1 unit of forklift which was used to transport goods derived from the aircraft.
 
BNPB reported that undelivered assistance as of 17/10/10 2018 consisted of 32 units of generators from China as many as 32 units (3.46 tons) and Alpinter tents from UNICEF as many as 42 sets (14.49 tons). this assistance will be transported and sent to Palu with US and Japanese Air Force aircraft today.
 
“The total international assistance received by the Government of Indonesia weighs 980 tons in the food and non-food categories,” explained BNPB Head of Data, Information and Public Relations Sutopo Purwo Nugroho.
 
20 countries have assisted the Government of Indonesia during emergency handling after the Central Sulawesi (Central Sulawesi) earthquake. The country includes the United States, Australia, India, Britain, Japan, Germany, Canada, Korea, Malaysia, France, Qatar, China, Russia, Spain, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Turkei, and Ukraine. In addition, the Government of Indonesia also received support from ASEAN Coordinating Center for Humanitarian Assistance (AHA Center) and the United Nations Agency.
 
Meanwhile, the tents sent are more devoted to meeting the needs of school tents. as many as 13 pallet packages of UNICEF aid schools were sent in two sorties by US Air Force aircraft.
 
based on data per 16/10/2018 at 8:00 pm Central Sulawesi Provincial Government Education Office, total schools, ranging from kindergarten, elementary, junior high, high school, vocational high school, junior high school, MI and MTs, affected 1,185 units. the biggest damage was identified in Donggala Regency (499 units), Palu City (359), Sigi Regency (234) and Parigi Moutong Regency (93).
 
Of the total amount, damage to classrooms in the category of severely damaged and damaged was reaching 4,722 units. Until today (10/19), thousands of tents for emergency classes are still needed in the affected area.(Team).