(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 7. Turkish Airlines
has set the price for flights from the earthquake zone at the level
of 100 Turkish lira ($5.31), trend reports via the tweet of the company's
Spokesperson Yahya Ustun.
He noted that operations continue in coordination with the
Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) of Türkiye to
deliver humanitarian aid and search and rescue teams to earthquake
areas.
'The airline has made 47 flights, including 9 flights by cargo
planes. We are opening the return flights of our departing
humanitarian planes for use by our citizens. We set the cost of 100
Turkish lira ($5.31), including taxes, for these flights and all
our flights from Adana, Diyarbekir, Sanliurfa, and Elazig to
Istanbul until February 13,' Ustun said.
A 7.7-magnitude earthquake was recorded in central Türkiye on
the morning of Feb. 6, 2023, according to the
European-Mediterranean Seismological Center. The quake's epicenter
was located 26 km away from the city of Gaziantep with a population
of about 1.06 million. The source of the earthquake was 7 km below
the surface.
Türkiye's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority said that
three more earthquakes with a magnitude of 6.4-6.6 rocked Gaziantep
province in south-eastern Türkiye. As a result of the earthquake
that hit Türkiye, strong tremors were also felt in Syria, Lebanon,
Egypt, and Cyprus.
According to the latest data, as a result of the earthquake,
3,381 people were killed and 20,426 people were injured.
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