May
15
2010

Cargo airships could have saved thousands in Haiti e

If the disaster in Haiti happened after cargo airships were again made available for service in humanitarian relief operations literally thousands of lives could have been saved. This is not a theory, wishful thinking or a pipedream as within hours of the earthquake occuring airships with heavy equipment, rescue teams, medical personnel and materiels could have landed where necessary and saved many from death under the rubble.

In addition to increasing the immediate rescue/medical response, the second wave of relief materiels that quickly clogged the airport because infrastructure damage to roads made it difficult to move goods out of the airport, and the fact that the port was damaged and unreachable, could also have been easily overcome with airships that could land wherever necessary.

Literally, thousands more Haitians were dying everyday (an estimated of 20,000 per day) the longer it took for relief materiels such as food, water and medicine to reach the survivors.

And it was only through luck and God’s will that the one runway was useable, could you imagine how much worse this already horrible tragedy could have been had no runways been available, which is entirely possible in the next disaster of these proportions.

And given the lawlessness which was taking place on the ground after a major breach of the prison and the resulting escape of thousands of violent criminals, who knows what the fate of materiels were that began being airdropped on January 18th.

The UNWFP Air Service have already recognized the need for these airships for many of the above reasons as there are many specific humanitarian logistics needs which just cannot be met throught current modes.

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