New Delhi: Two massive military transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) IL-76, carrying four cryogenic oxygen containers from Jakarta, Indonesia landed at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday.
IAF aircraft have been deployed for airlifting oxygen containers from other countries and medical oxygen transportation within the country as the second wave of COVID-19 continues to ravage the country.
Meanwhile, an IAF C17 airlifted zeolite (respiratory oxygen raw material) from Frankfurt, Germany to Mumbai, Maharashtra, while two other C17s are bringing 2 oxygen generators from Bordeaux, France and oxygen Concentrators and respirators from Israel to Hindon Airbase in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.
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In India, C-17s airlifted 4 cryogenic oxygen containers from Pune to Jamnagar, 7 from Gwalior and Bhopal to Ranchi and 2 from Hindon to Ranchi.
"Other C17s are bringing 4 cryogenic oxygen containers from Vijayawada to Bhubaneswar, 6 from Chandigarh to Ranchi, 2 from Agra to Jamnagar, 2 from Hindon to Bhubaneswar, 6 from Hyderabad to Bhubaneswar and 2 from Jodhpur to Jamnagar," the statement added.
