COVID-19: Volunteer pilots deliver medical supplies to Colombia's isolated places

A wealthy flying club in Bogota answered President Ivan Duque's call for help

Last updated: June 18, 2020 | 10:54

Compiled by Christian Borbon, Digital Content Editor

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In the midst of the pandemic, about 100 businessmen from a wealthy flying club in Bogota were called by President Ivan Duque to deliver medical supplies to remote regions of the country in their private planes.

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Since authorities closed airspace to stem the spread of the disease on March 23, their work has become essential in keeping the most inaccessible regions of a country connected to rugged geography.

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An airplane carrying humanitarian aid after taking off in Bogota, Colombia.

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A worker disinfects an airplane carrying humanitarian aid to Quibdo before it takes off in Bogota, Colombia.

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A health worker walks at the Carano Airport in Quibdo, Colombia.

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A worker disinfects an airplane carrying humanitarian aid to Quibdo, Colombia.

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A worker carries bags with biological waste from a suspected COVID-19 infected, at the Carano Airport in Quibdo, Columbia.

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A health worker loads boxes with COVID-19 tests into an airplane heading to Bogota, Colombia.

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A health worker is sanitized before boarding an airplane to take humanitarian aid to Quibdo, COlombia.

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A health worker is sanitized before boarding an airplane to take humanitarian aid in Bogota, Colombia.

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A health worker carries boxes with COVID-19 tests to an airplane heading to Bogota, Colombia.

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A health worker load boxes with COVID-19 tests into an airplane heading to Bogota, Colombia.

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A worker disinfects an airplane carrying humanitarian aid to Quibdo, Colombia.

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A worker carries bags with biological waste from a suspected COVID-19 infected at the Carano Airport in Quibdo, Colombia.

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A worker fuels an airplane carrying humanitarian aid to Quibdo, COlombia.

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