WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. military officials say aid flights from the U.S. to Haiti are back in operation, after being held up earlier today.
A U.S. official says the Haitian government asked that the flights be stopped because there was no room at the airport in Port-au-Prince for more planes -- and there was a shortage of fuel for departing aircraft.
But later today, aid flights were allowed to resume, though other charter flights were still being held back.
U.S. Air Force teams are now in control of operations at the airport. A spokesman says they've cleared runways, established 24-hour air traffic control, and have set up weather systems and airport lighting.
He says dozens of cargo planes have been taking off and landing today, but that damage to ramps is slowing the efforts to remove cargo from the planes.
