A team of 118 Korean disaster relief personnel arrived by a military transport aircraft in Turkey on Wednesday to join in search and rescue operations in the country following a devastating earthquake earlier this week. 

Later Tuesday night, the Korean Air Force's KC-330 military tanker transport aircraft departed for Turkey from Incheon International Airport carrying emergency medical supplies and the disaster personnel. 

They included some 60 disaster relief professionals from the National Fire Agency and Korea International Cooperation Agency (Koica) and some 50 military personnel.