Czech pilots volunteer aircraft for medical deliveries

Over 300 pilots in the Czech Republic have volunteered their private planes to distribute medical equipment around the country during the coronavirus pandemic.

It's a project named "Pilots to the People" and states its goal is to transport materials to any hospital, clinic or anywhere it's needed in two hours.

The service is offered free of charge and the pilots even pay for their fuel.

The Czech republic has around 200 airports making it possible to efficiently serve the entire country.

On Sunday, Dan Stastny, one of the volunteer pilots, flew 20 modified snorkeling masks, which are now used as surgery masks, from Prague to a hospital in Ostrava, in the east of the country.

He said it's significantly faster than making the same journey by road.