Lufthansa delivers ebola evacuation jet

Germany Lufthansa, the biggest airline passengers in Europe, will convert one of its planes “Ebola shot”, the task will deliver treatment in Western health workers.

According to the Germany weekly der Spiegel, Lufthansa will become one of its Airbus A340 long-range aircraft for medical evacuation transport, has three “segregation cells,” which will ensure that the patient can be safely transported.

The Ebola outbreak is concentrated in West Africa. Fever has infected more than 14,000 people since March in Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone, the World Health Organization, makes this the largest outbreak records. More than 5,000 have died, the World Health Organization data. At least 20 cases in Europe and the United States of three Germans: a restored, one is treated, one person was killed.

Beginning Monday until the end of November, experts from Lufthansa Technik, aircraft maintenance arm of the company and the physician Robert · Koch Institute–Germany equivalent to the United States Centers for disease control and prevention–from the four-engine Jet that will oversee the transition, which is required by the Federal Government.

Der Spiegel said, without specifying the source, which is already under great secrecy in the works since September, when the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has begun to brew a special transport aircraft Germany Ebola volunteer ideas. Other options available only to transport Ebola patient’s current two us fighter jets, the magazine said.

Last August, wrote der Spiegel Germany Defense Ministry has been forced to admit that the country lacks the means to quickly and safely transporting any of their military personnel employed at a hospital in the West in the fight against the Ebola virus, might be infected.

Twin-aisle aircraft, during normal service, the plane carrying some 280 passengers, A340-300 model was chosen because of its long range, so it has no fuel stops most of the world. The plane will also be available to other citizens of the country.

Unspecified Germany company will build three sterile, airtight container, 4 4 m passenger seats installed. In order to avoid contamination of the main cabin, isolation rooms will have their own ventilation systems. Flight crew will be staffed by volunteers.

Lufthansa Airbus A340 300 Jet internal configuration. Germany Lufthansa

According to the weekly magazine, selecting a specific aircraft in Germany’s aviation registry AIGZ bear d identifier. Airfleets aviation fleet tracking said the plane was built in 2000, Schwenningen, Germany’s black forest region is picturesque town names.

Der Spiegel did not specify whether Lufthansa could receive payments of Germany or any other public use aircraft, nor whether the Declaration would compensation for income loss of service while the plane was able to fly the passengers. Payment to the airline, clarifying and publications are the aircraft would return to commercial service at some point, no reply had been received.

Culled from WorldNew