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Russia sends second humanitarian planeload to Chile

Tags: Chile earthquake , humanitarian aid, Society, Russia, News, World
 
Mar 12, 2010 20:23 Moscow Time
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Russia has sent the second planeload of humanitarian cargo to Chile. The plane took off from the Ramenskoye airport outside Moscow to deliver electric generators, tents, blankets and rescue equipment to the quake-hit areas. The planes also have mobile hospital and doctors. Chile suffered three quakes last Thursday in the city of Rancagua located to the south of Santiago. Chile’s leader  Sebastian Pinera  announced “ a state of catastrophe” in the  region populated by 780,000 people. The country  suffered the aftershock 8.8 magnitude quake  last Saturday. As of today, 497  people suffered from the disaster, at least 500 are wounded and hundreds missing.

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