Samaritan's Purse DC-8 - Departing Prestwick Airport March 2022 [4K/UHD]

Samaritan's Purse purchased the 1969 Douglas DC-8-72CF airplane from an Australian cargo carrier—just before it was going to be turned into scrap parts—to shorten the organization's disaster relief response time as it responds with personnel and supplies all over the world.

Samaritan's Purse inspected, replaced, or refurbished every square inch of the airplane to ensure it met the latest FAA standards.

Less than 24 hours after the FAA gave the final sign-off, Samaritan's Purse airlifted an Emergency Field Hospital, doctors, nurses and disaster response specialists to Ecuador in response to a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake. From this location, medical staff treated more than 1,200 people in need

The DC-8 has a range of 7,000 nautical miles—in perspective, that would be a nonstop flight from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Tokyo.

The aircraft is based at a Samaritan's Purse hangar at Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Видео Samaritan's Purse DC-8 - Departing Prestwick Airport March 2022 [4K/UHD] канала Jim Ramsay