The 82-member Chinese rescue team arrived at Adana Airport at 4:30 am local time (0130 GMT) on Wednesday after flying over 8,000 km on a chartered Air China plane.
The Chinese rescue team departed from Beijing for Türkiye on a chartered plane on Tuesday afternoon to join earthquake relief efforts in the country.
The team, composed of personnel from the Beijing fire and rescue corps, the National Earthquake Response Support Service and the Emergency General Hospital in Beijing, carried with them rescue equipment and supplies.
Meanwhile, a team of nine earthquake rescue professionals on Tuesday assembled in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, ready to gather with more than 100 Blue Sky Rescue Team members nationwide on Wednesday and head to the earthquake-stricken areas in Türkiye by a chartered plane.
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