41.   A South African Airforce spokesman said an Oryx helicopter was dispatched from Durban to airlift the injured to hospital.

42.   An air force helicopter had been dispatched to the trhee villages with troop reinforcements, he added.

43.   NHK said the Japanese military dispatched helicopters to the islands including nearby Miyake island where the tremor was four on the Japanese scale.

44.   Police and emergency services, who had dispatched helicopters to the scene, were evacuating a nearby car park to allow ambulances in.

45.   Several helicopters were dispatched to the scene of the avalanche, where rescue operations were ongoing.

46.   Ships from the Kitty Hawk battlegroup dispatched helicopters to search the Tasman Sea, but failed to find the San Diego-based seaman.

47.   The Japanese military dispatched two helicopters to central Hokkaido Friday amid fears of a possible aircraft crash but later abandoned the search, officials said.