China Southern diverts cargo flights to relief effort

China Southern diverts cargo flights to relief effort    China Southern pulled a 747-400 off its normal twice-weekly service between Chicago and Shanghai and Shenzhen, China to airlift emergency supplies of food, medicine and clothing to the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo, where the recovery from a devastating tidal wave last weekend continues.
   The emergency shipment was made at the request of the Chinese government, which owns a stake in the nation’s largest airline.