S. Korean Military Planes To Operate In Quake-hit Indonesia Through Next Week

South Korea said Wednesday it will extend the mission of two military jets in Indonesia hit by a powerful earthquake and ensuing tsunami.

SEOUL, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 17th Oct, 2018 ) :South Korea said Wednesday it will extend the mission of two military jets in Indonesia hit by a powerful earthquake and ensuing tsunami.

The C-130 Hercules planes were dispatched to the central island of Sulawesi on Sept.

28 to support emergency aid supplies.

Their mission was supposed to end Wednesday.

But the government has decided to prolong it until Oct. 26 at the request of the Indonesian authorities, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The jets have airlifted a daily average of 20 tons of aid materials offered by the international community.