ACS reflects on the Indian Ocean tsunami relief effort

On December 26th 2004, an earthquake, measuring 9.1 on the Richter Scale struck off the coast of West Indonesia, causing a tsunami, with waves reaching up to 30 metres high. It devastated communities along the coasts of the Indian Ocean and killed approximately 228,000 people in 14 different countries, whilst displacing many more. Now, 20 years on, the team that were at the heart of Air Charter Service’s response, tell their stories, and what it was like conducting one of the longest, largest and most complex relief operations in …