Airline fills a special vehicle bath tub in a nursing home Chiba September 13 5:21
A special vehicle that was originally used to melt snow attached to the wings of the aircraft was sent to a nursing home in Yokoshiba, Chiba Prefecture, where power outages and water outages continued, filling the bath tub.
In Yokoshiba Mitsumachi, blackouts continued in many areas on the 12th, making it difficult to connect to the phone and causing water outages.
There are more than 60 elderly people in the nursing home `` Kichijoan '' in the Terakata area, but after the typhoon, the bathing continued, the staff wet the towel using hot water warmed in the pan, I wiped my body.
In response, Japan Airlines dispatched a new vehicle from Narita Airport that has never been used among special vehicles that have the function of warming a special liquid, applying it to the wings of an aircraft, and melting the attached snow.
When the vehicle arrived at the facility, the water was warmed to about 50 degrees in the tank and then poured into the tub using a hose, and the staff immediately moved the hot water into the bucket to wash the elderly feet.
Ms. Otsuka Makiko, director of Kichijoen, said, “I feel a little closer to normal life because I was touched by hot water.