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Chaos at Haiti airport calmed by Air Force
By Larry Shaughnessy, CNN Pentagon Producer<SCRIPT type=text/javascript>cnnAuthor = "By Larry Shaughnessy, CNN Pentagon Producer";</SCRIPT>
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Washington (CNN) -- Haiti's Port-au-Prince airport, now critical for the quick delivery of supplies and aid, was an uncontrolled "mess" when the Air Force arrived Wednesday night to rehabilitate the facility, according to the commander of one of the Air Force's elite special operations units send to Haiti.
One of the biggest problems early on was that for more than a day after the earthquake, the airport was in disarray, Lt. Col. Brett Nelson said. Planes landed and parked just about anywhere.
"When we initially established airfield control last night, that followed 24 hours of uncontrolled activity," Nelson said.
The situation forced delays for arriving aircraft Thursday. At one point, Nelson said, there were 44 planes parked at the airport, but only two fuel trucks to refuel the planes and two tow carts for moving the planes.
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http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/01/14/us.haiti.airport/index.html?hpt=T2
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Washington (CNN) -- Haiti's Port-au-Prince airport, now critical for the quick delivery of supplies and aid, was an uncontrolled "mess" when the Air Force arrived Wednesday night to rehabilitate the facility, according to the commander of one of the Air Force's elite special operations units send to Haiti.
One of the biggest problems early on was that for more than a day after the earthquake, the airport was in disarray, Lt. Col. Brett Nelson said. Planes landed and parked just about anywhere.
"When we initially established airfield control last night, that followed 24 hours of uncontrolled activity," Nelson said.
The situation forced delays for arriving aircraft Thursday. At one point, Nelson said, there were 44 planes parked at the airport, but only two fuel trucks to refuel the planes and two tow carts for moving the planes.
Read more at:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/01/14/us.haiti.airport/index.html?hpt=T2