On May 13, China Eastern Airlines arranged a special charter flight transporting 103 medical staff, 5 tons of medical equipments and other emergency supplies from Nanjing, the capital of China's Jiangsu Province, to the quake-hit Chengdu, the capital of China's Sichuan Province.

Photograph: Medical staff getting onboard the special charter flight operated by China Eastern Airlines. Photo contributed by Qing Zhixin of China Eastern Airlines' Jiangsu Branch Company.