Operazione White Crane
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Operazione White Crane [1] ( Operation White Crane ) was Italy 's military relief operation for Haiti , following the 12 January 2010 earthquake . [2]
Force composition
Italy is sending:
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aircraft carrier
Cavour
[3]
- Cavour ' s complement:
- Shipped on Cavour : ( Task Force Genio [5] )
- Field hospital [7]
- C-130 [7]
Mission timeline
On 14 January 2010, Italy dispatched a C-130 loaded with 20 surgeons, some soldiers, some civil protection officers, and a field hospital. It decided to send a warship. [7]
On 19 January 2010, Cavour set sail for Haiti, leaving La Spezia . [3] [8] [9]
As of 29 January 2010, Cavour had picked up a Brazilian relief force at Fortaleza . The Brazilians added two helicopters, a UH-14 Super Puma and a UH-12 Squirrel ( AS350 [10] ), 11 civilians (6 doctors, 5 nurses), 63 military (25 health professionals). [11]
On 1 February 2010, Cavour arrived at the Dominican Republic port of Puerto Caucedo , near the capital of Santo Domingo . [4] The land element, Task Force Genio , [5] disembarked, and would trek overland to Haiti, due to the damaged docks at Port-au-Prince . Cavour has RO-RO capability. [NB 2] It would depart for Haiti later. [12]
On 3 February 2010, Cavour had disgorged all the land-mobile land-element. [13] The overland trip to Port-au-Prince from Puerto Caucedo took 36 hours. [14]
On 6 February 2010, Cavour arrived at Port-au-Prince. [15]
As of 7 February 2010, over 25 aid flights using the Italian and Brazilian helicopters over the two days that Cavour had been at Port-au-Prince, had been completed. [10]
Cavour had remain docked at Port-au-Prince through mid-April. [16]
Reactions
Several Italians have criticized the use of Cavour since it costs over 200,000 Euros a day to operate, and shipping by air would have been far faster. Others have said, that it is a drop in the bucket compared to the efforts by the US. Some have pointed out, it is one of the largest efforts out of Europe. [6]
Notes
References
- ↑ (in Italian) ANSA, "Portaerei Cavour, gli aiuti per Haiti" , 4 February 2010 (accessed 6 February 2010)
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 (in French) Bruxelles2, "Le porte-avions italien Cavour en route vers Haïti" , Nicolas Gros-Verheyde, 26 January 2010 (accessed 6 February 2010)
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Defense News, "Italian Carrier Cavour Heads to Haiti" , Tom Kington, 18 January 2010 (accessed 6 February 2010)
- 1 2 3 4 (in Italian) Il Messaggero, "Haiti, arrivata la portaerei Cavour Gli Usa riprendono evacuazione feriti" , 1 February 2010 (accessed 6 February 2010)
- 1 2 (in Italian) Qui News, '“Portaerei Cavour” supporto logistico a 24 ore di viaggio' , Carmelo Sorbera, 23 February 2010 (accessed 23 February 2010)
- 1 2 (in Italian) L'Occidentale, "L'intervento italiano ad Haiti: portaerei, terremotati e sterili polemiche" , Gianandrea Gaiani, 6 February 2010 (accessed 6 February 2010)
- 1 2 3 (in French) Marine Marchande, "Haïti: l'Italie envisage l'envoi d'un navire militaire (ministre)" , AFP, 15 January 2010 (accessed 6 February 2010)
- ↑ (in Italian) Mediapolitika, "Haiti, la terra trema: migliaia fra morti e senza tetto. Berlusconi invia Bertolaso" , Lucia Varasano, 22 January 2010 (accessed 6 February 2010)
- ↑ (in Italian) LRNews, "Haiti. La Cavour in rotta verso Haiti con il contingente della missione umanitaria italo-brasiliana" , Ferdinando Pelliccia, 29 January 2010 (accessed 6 February 2010)
- 1 2 (in Italian) Il Velino, "Haiti, continua l'impegno dei militari italiani" , 8 February 2010 (accessed 9 February 2010)
- ↑ Nam News Network, "Italian Aircraft Carrier with Brazilian Volunteers to aid Haiti" Archived 26 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine , Xinhua, 29 January 2010 (accessed 6 February 2010)
- ↑ (in Italian) Cronaca, "Haiti: portaerei Cavour attracca a Puerto Caucedo" , Adnkronos, 3 February 2010 (accessed 6 February 2010)
- ↑ (in Italian) Virgilio, "Scaricato dalla Cavour tutto il materiale" , APCOM, 4 February 2010 (accessed 9 February 2010)
- ↑ (in Portuguese) Panorama Brasil, "Haitianos feridos em terremoto chegam à Itália" , Voltar, 8 February 2010 (accessed 9 February 2010)
- ↑ (in Italian) Terra News, "Continuate ad aiutarci Haiti rischia l’oblio" , Floriana Bulfon, 7 February 2010 (accessed 9 February 2010)
- ↑ Tandem, "Strengthening ties with Italo communities" , Paola Bernardini, 14 March 2010 (accessed 30 March 2010)