Haiti relief plane returns to Beirut with survivors on board

Beirut - A plane from Lebanon's national carrier, Middle East Airlines (MEA), arrived Thursday in Beirut from quake-stricken Haiti with 16 survivals on board, airport officials said. The plane, which delivered medical supplies to the Caribbean nation, brought back four Lebanese, 10 Syrians and two Palestinians.

According to the Lebanese foreign ministry, some 1,000 Lebanese nationals live in Haiti.

On Wednesday, the Lebanese foreign ministry was informed by its ambassador in Caracas, Charbel Wehbe, that an elderly Lebanese woman who was injured in the quake, later died.

The envoy said many shops and businesses owned by Lebanese were destroyed and looted.

Lebanon sent a delegation earlier this week with tents and medical supplies for the victims of the January 12 earthquake.

Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/304981,haiti-relief-plane-returns-to-beirut-with-survivors-on-board.html.