LEAST ONE MORE SUSPECT. NEW AT TEN. WE’RE GIVING YOU A LIVE LOOK AT ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, WHERE MORE AMERICANS ARRIVED FROM HAITI AROUND 930 THIS EVENING. WESH 2 WAS THE ONLY STATION AT MCO WHEN THE 32 PASSENGERS GOT OFF OF THE PLANE. TEN OF THOSE WERE CHILDREN. THIS IS ANOTHER IN A SERIES OF FLIGHTS BRINGING AMERICANS TO FLORID
Another plane bringing Floridians from Haiti arrives
On Thursday night, another plane bringing Floridians who were in Haiti back home landed.The spike in violence in Haiti prompted Florida officials to have rescue flights from Haiti to Central Florida. The first flight landed on March 20, and families were reunited at the airport. Kevin Guthrie, the Florida Department of Emergency Management director, said there will be more flights, and the state will continue efforts to bring people to safety. “We’re going to continue to take those people to safety, where we are, providing safety and security in a hotel, and as soon as we can get those fixed-wing aircraft on the ground, we’re going to get them out of there,” Guthrie previously told WESH 2. Top headlines: Orlando Commissioner Regina Hill arrested 1 person injured when flight headed to Orlando forced to evacuate Pregnant Chick-fil-A employee and unborn baby die in Florida crash
On Thursday night, another plane bringing Floridians who were in Haiti back home landed.
The spike in violence in Haiti prompted Florida officials to have rescue flights from Haiti to Central Florida.
The first flight landed on March 20, and families were reunited at the airport.
Kevin Guthrie, the Florida Department of Emergency Management director, said there will be more flights, and the state will continue efforts to bring people to safety.
“We’re going to continue to take those people to safety, where we are, providing safety and security in a hotel, and as soon as we can get those fixed-wing aircraft on the ground, we’re going to get them out of there,” Guthrie previously told WESH 2.
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