IN LINE WITH THE ROYAL DIRECTIVES TO PROVIDE LOADS OF TWO PLANES OF HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO THE NEEDY PEOPLE IN SRI LANKA, THE FIRST CARGO PLANE OF SAUDI ARABIAN AIRLINES LEFT KING KHALED INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HERE TODAY FOR COLOMBO. THE PLANE WAS LOADED WITH 73 TONS OF FOODSTUFFS, RELIEF AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES INCLUDING 1000 CARTONS OF FOODSTUFFS, 1000 TENTS, 1000 RUGS, 2000 BLANKETS, MEDICINES AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES.