Project ID: 36440
China sends peacekeepers to Mali to help after plane crash
Summary
Funding agency [Type]
Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]
Recipient
Mali
Sector
Emergency response (Code: 720)
Flow type
Free-standing technical assistance
Infrastructure
No
Category
Project lifecycle
Description
On July 25, 2014, China sent its first batch of peacekeepers to help after the fatal plane crash of Air Algerie flight AH5017. They are mainly responsible for transferring and refrigerating the bodies. The site of the accident, the Gossi area, was 60 km away from where the Chinese mission is stationed. China sent 30 people, 5 pieces of engineering machinery, and 15 carrier vehicles in the assistance work.
Number of official sources
0
Number of total sources
2
Details
Cofinanced
No
Direct receiving agencies [Type]
Government of Mali [Government Agency]