Today’s arrival of the Airbus Beluga cargo jetliner in Alabama marks another phase of EADS’ assistance to victims of Hurricane Katrina.
This outsized freighter brought approximately 23 tons of blankets, cots, tents and other material from the U.K. and France to Mobile, Alabama’s Brookley Airfield – which is the future site of EADS North America’s advanced military aerial tanker production facility.
The relief supplies were unloaded and trucked to Gulfport, Mississippi for use by local relief agencies. The Beluga is one of the world’s largest freight aircraft, and it will be stationed temporarily in the Gulf Coast area to carry out other Hurricane Katrina transport missions.
