Emirates gears up freighters for Beirut relief

A pallet of emergency supplies with a sign in Arabic sitting on the tarmac next to an Emirates plane on a sunny day. Emirates is flying supplies to Beirut to help the city recover from the explosion.

Dubai-based Emirates has launched a flotilla of cargo planes to Lebanon loaded with emergency relief supplies for residents of Beirut, where a chemical blast killed 172 people, wounded thousands and leveled large parts of the city.

The airlines’ SkyCargo division said it plans to send more than 50 freighter flights to the devastated country.

Emirates is asking people to donate cash or pledge their Skywards Miles for food, medical supplies and other items and will coordinate with nongovernmental...

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