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VIDEO: Celebrity pilot John Travolta saves the day in his supply-laden Boeing 707

Barbara Cockburn
 on January 28, 2010 11:52 AM | | Comments () | TrackBacks (0) |

Celebrity pilot John Travolta flew his own Boeing 707 to the Haiti capital, Port-au-Prince,  recently blighted by a devastating earthquake which has left as many as 200,000 people dead and some 2 million in need of aid.

He delivered including six tonnes of military rations and medical supplies.

According to the Guardian, there is a backlog of at least 800 aircraft awaiting permission to land at the overloaded airport, which can handle just 130 flights daily.

Travolta used his aircraft to help out during the the floods following Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

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