Türkiye will send two military aircraft carrying search and rescue teams and humanitarian aid personnel to Venezuela on Friday after two consecutive earthquakes struck the Yaracuy region, the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) said.
AFAD said preparations began after reports of the earthquakes, in coordination with the Foreign Ministry, the National Defence Ministry, the Health Ministry and the Presidency’s Directorate General for Security Affairs.
Following consultations with the Turkish General Staff, an A-400M military transport aircraft was assigned to carry a 38-member AFAD search and rescue and humanitarian aid team from Istanbul, Izmir and Denizli.
The aircraft will also transport a five-member National Medical Rescue Team, a two-member Turkish Red Crescent humanitarian aid team, two search dogs and three fully equipped search and rescue vehicles, AFAD said.
