Haiti Earthquake

After the shocking pictures of Haiti’s earthquake earlier this year, several individuals in Europe, a long way from this region of horror and human suffering, wanted to help but wondered which of the many organisations it was possible to trust. HeliAviation from Wallerstein in Bavaria, a German helicopter organisation, offered a helicopter immediately; and sponsored the first block of flying hours with seventy thousand Euro.

The AS350B3 was flown on an Ilyushin IL-76 freighter, chartered by “Ein Herz Fuer Kinder,” to Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. This is the transhipment point for almost all the emergency aid that could not be flown directly to Port-au-Prince...