[Iceman]

He says one of the trickiest problems he has faced in relief and rescue work so far is airdropping supplies.

The hastily put together relief packages in the initial days could weigh in excess of 40 kilos.

"Can you believe that old men, women and children would run directly under the choppers, trying to catch the drops," he says.

"From a height of 20 to 25 metres, they would have been crushed under their weight."

Often, the pilots would have to return without dropping supplies - a complaint that was heard from many villagers once the land routes opened.

"What could we do? We were carrying only the minimum possible fuel so we could carry more supplies.

"And if the people in one village held us up for more than a few minutes, we would just fly on to the next."

From that link Oombongo posted...I was wondering if airdrops were being done this answered my question.