NZcity
3 January 2005
A New Zealand Air Force Hercules is embarking on its fourth mission to the tsunami-ravaged Indonesian region of Aceh today.
The Hercules has already taken filtration equipment, milk products, rice and 16,000 pounds of freight to the area.
It has flown 16 Indonesian Red Cross workers into the area and moved 33 displaced locals out of Aceh.
Meanwhile a Boeing 757 will leave Malaysia for Richmond Air Base in Australia.
It will work in conjunction with the Australian Air Force, airlifting personnel and equipment from Australia to Indonesia.
Eighteen members of the Defence Force medical team have arrived in Malaysia. The rest of the team on board a second Hercules is on the way to the area.
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