FAA supports first 'mass air shipment' of Covid-19 vaccine

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Sat, 2020-11-28 09:41 — mike kraft

FAA supports first 'mass air shipment' of Covid-19 vaccine The Federal Aviation Administration says it has supported "the first mass air shipment" of a Covid-19 vaccine. Gregory Wallace and Susannah Cullinane, CNN CNN

CNN)The Federal Aviation Administration says it has supported "the first mass air shipment" of a Covid-19 vaccine.

"As a result of the historic pace of vaccine development through Operation Warp Speed and careful logistics planning, the FAA today is supporting the first mass air shipment of a vaccine," the agency said in a statement Friday.

The FAA said it established a Covid-19 air transport team in October "to ensure safe, expeditious, and efficient transportation of vaccines."

It said that several vaccines needed to be transported with dry ice and it was working with manufacturers, air carriers and airports to provide guidance on regulations to safely transport large quantities of the hazardous substance in air cargo. Pfizer's Covid vaccine, for example, requires large amounts of dry ice to keep it at approximately negative 75 degrees Celsius.

"In addition to mitigating safety risks related to the safe transport of vaccines, the FAA is ensuring around-the-clock air traffic services to keep air cargo moving and prioritizing flights carrying cargo, such as vaccines, and personnel critical to the nation's response to and recovery from Covid-19," Friday's FAA statement reads. ,,,

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