PH search and rescue team arrives in Turkey

By Franco Jose C. Baroña

Feb 09, 2023 3:50 pm

THE 83-man search and rescue team deployed by the Philippine government to Turkey has arrived safely in Istanbul Thursday noon.

Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Joint Information Center head Diego Agustin Mariano said the plane carrying the team landed at 12:08 p.m, Philippine time, onboard Turkish Airways flight TK85.

HELPING HAND The Philippine search and rescue team arrives in Istanbul, Turkey on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023 after it was hit by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake on Monday, February 6. Ober 10,000 people perished in the quake, said to be the strongest in the country in decades. PHOTO FROM OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE

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