Chinese army airdrops disaster relief goods to Wenchuan

BEIJING—As of 12 a.m. Wednesday, two helicopters of the Chinese Liberation Army (PLA) has airdropped food, drinking water and medicine to the quake-hit Yingxiu Township of Wenchuan County, epicenter of Monday quake measuring 7.8 on Richter scale in southwest China’s Sichuan Province.
Three more helicopters carrying disaster relief goods are also en route to Yingxiu.
The Chongqing branch of Air China on Wednesday sent four Boeing 737s to pick up stranded tourists in Jiuzhaigou, a tourist attraction in quake-hit Sichuan Province, the company said.
Most of the stranded tourists were from Chengdu, where the airport was damaged in Monday’s massive earthquake. The tourists would be sent home by bus from Chongqing after their arrival at the Chongqing airport.
The number of stranded tourists in Jiuzhaigou was not known yet.

—Xinhua