The typhoon was the worst one to hit Guam in more than 20 years with winds hitting 160 miles per hour and half a metre of rain falling in three hours.
Teams in New York and Houston arranged large freighters to transport humanitarian cargo including generators, water tanks, tractors and trucks.
Ben Dinsdale, Director for Government & Humanitarian Services, says, “Our New York and Houston cargo teams arranged eight charters on aircraft including an MD11, B747s and AN-124s, with most of the flights having to make a fuel stop in Hawaii, due to the large payloads and the 6,000 mile distance between the West Coast and Guam.”
He adds, “In the weeks following the disaster, we arranged charters carrying a total of 500 tonnes to the region. One of our Miami team flew with the first Antonov AN-124 to ensure everything ran smoothly at both ends.”