UN aid flights resume in quake-hit Pakistan

Up to 18 helicopters would be flying extra sorties to make up for lost time and get supplies to cold and hungry survivors of the October 8 disaster, which killed more than 73,000 people in Pakistan, UN spokesman Ben Malor said.

"All helicopter flights resumed this morning," Malor told AFP. "They are back and trying to catch up by deploying all available helicopters to cover all routes as quickly as possible."

Malor said some flights had been briefly halted early Wednesday as pilots waited for heavy fog to clear over Muzaffarabad, the devastated capital of Pakistani-administered Kashmir.