Ukrainian Il-76 aircraft, aiming for transportation to a safe place people in the country from Nepal, will arrive in Kathmandu on Sunday, as long as its repairing in Delhi, notified on the Internet office of the Ministry of defense of Ukraine on the last working day of the week.
on Thursday, the Ukrainian state service for emergency situations said that the aircraft the Ministry of defence of Ukraine for the transport in a safe place for Residents from affected by the earthquake of Nepal landed in Delhi.
"Pre-flight clearance granted on 3 may this year. When at the airport of Delhi, the crew of the Ukrainian Il-76 carried out planned maintenance work, which revealed certain problems with the aircraft. Together with the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine takes measures on elimination of the revealed failures ", - informed the Ministry of defence.
first official representative of the MFA of Ukraine Yevhen perebyinis said that, according to the summary data, in Nepal have the opportunity to be 196 Ukrainians. Five Ukrainian citizens were evacuated on the first day of the week the Polish plane, eleven Ukrainians on Wednesday were evacuated in the capital of Russia, seven more were able to leave Nepal on their own.
An earthquake of magnitude 7, 9 occurred in Nepal on the morning of 25 April. The epicenter was located 82 kilometres North-West of the capital Kathmandu, the center lies at a depth of fifteen kilometers. A day later Nepal again shocked by a series of aftershocks, the magnitude of the most powerful of which was 6, 7. According to the summary data, the victims of the earthquake began almost 5, 5 thousand people, damaged more than eleven, 4 thousand.
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