Two Cuban Migrants Crash-Land Ultralight at Key West International Airport

Operations at Key West International Airport in Florida came to a halt briefly on Saturday morning when two Cuban migrants crash-landed a motorized ultralight aircraft on the runway.

Seaplane pilot Nick Pontecorvo got an unexpected closeup view of the ultralight as he returned from a trip over the local reefs, Keys News“I see this thing coming at me, and it looks weird,” said Pontecorvo, told the local news outlet. “I see it’s an ultralight, and it zips passed my wing.”

The encounter highlights the dangers of an unexpected aircraft attempting to land at a controlled airfield.is experiencing an enormous surge of Cuban migrants this year, most arrive on makeshift boats landing on the keys and other Florida beaches. During the first five months of Fiscal Year 23, Miami Sector agents apprehended 4,398 Cuban migrants. This is more than the three previous fiscal years combined,These do not include the nearly 6,000 Cuban nationals apprehended at sea by U.S. Coast Guard crews, Breitbart TexasCoast Guard officials report that since Oct.

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