The second transport of medical equipment from South Korea arrives in Romania on Saturday

The Ministry of National Defence has announced that on Saturday will arrive in the country, with a C-17 Globemaster III plane, the second transport of medical equipment from South Korea. This is a transport that contains 100.000 protective suits for doctors.

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The Ministry of National Defence has requested the deployment of a new emergency air mission for the transport of an additional 45 tons of medical equipment from Seoul to Bucharest. The equipment consists of another 100.000 protective suits and will arrive on Saturday at Otopeni Airport.

The two flights requested by the Ministry of National Defence with C-17 Globemaster III aircraft represent the first use of flight hours allocated as a member of the Multinational Strategic Transport Unit, for emergency missions amid managing the coronavirus pandemic.

The distribution of the protective equipment will be carried out by means of transportation from the IGSU and these will be allocated, according to needs, to the medical personnel.

The coordination of the two flights was carried out, from Romania, by the National Military Command Centre of the MApN.

The first transport, which contained another 100.000 protective suits, arrived on Thursday morning at the Otopeni airport in Seoul, with a NATO aircraft, the Ministry of National Defence announced.

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