Aussie Aircraft Makes Beirut Aid Drop

A Royal Australian Air Force C-17 Globemaster prepares to land at RAAF Pearce Base, Western Australia on March 28, 2014. AP Photo/Australian Defence, Oliver Carter

An Australian Defence Force aircraft is delivering urgently-needed humanitarian supplies to Beirut following a waterfront blast that killed at least 172 people.

Australia is delivering urgently-needed humanitarian supplies to Beirut as the city continues to reel from a blast that left more than 170 people dead and 30,000 homeless.