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Kalitta Air Flies Relief to Japan
Kalitta Air Flies Relief to Japan
Mar 18, 2011 6:27 AM EDT

CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Tons of emergency relief is heading from Charlotte, North Carolina to Japan -- 92 tons worth. Friday morning, volunteers with outreach and evangelistic organization Samaritan's Purse were preparing to load more than a dozen pallets onto a Kalitta Air Boeing 747 to help with the aftermath of last week's earthquake disaster.

Heading to the disaster area will be hygiene kits, generators, building materials and other emergency relief supplies. The massive Kalitta Air jet arrived just after 5:30 Friday morning, March 18, 2011.

Those 92 tons are much needed and will add to the 4 tons of supplies the group delivered to Sendai, Japan Thursday via truck convoy. The Samaritan's Purse team already stationed in Japan delivered water, blankets, hygiene and first aid supplies to a junior high school in the country where 700 people were living in the gym.

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