A passenger plane has landed in the UK with 10 million pairs of surgical gloves for the NHS.
The Airbus A340 9H-EAL, with “Thank You NHS” written on its fuselage, arrived at Bournemouth Airport after picking up the supplies from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Paul Stoddart, European Aviation’s chairman, told the PA news agency: “Today’s flight was a total success. Twenty million gloves, that’s 10 million pairs of gloves, delivered to Crest Medical and on their way to the NHS.
“Well done everyone.”
Several more flights are scheduled to depart from Bournemouth over the next few weeks to bring back PPE.
