Eastern Airlines Flight Diverted to Philadelphia: Migrants Arrival at JFK Airport

2023-12-27 11:26:52

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A plane transporting migrants to New York’s JFK International Airport was diverted to Philadelphia Tuesday night due to weather.

Laila Sadat, a spokesperson for the city and Mayor Jim Kenney, confirmed late Tuesday that an Eastern Airlines flight departing from Texas landed in Philadelphia, and it’s believed that some or all passengers on board were migrants.

“We are working to assist them in reaching their final destination,” Sadat said in an email.

According to the flight tracker website FlightAwarethe plane bound for New York departed from El Paso just following 1 p.m. on Dec. 26. The flight path shows the plane flew to New York before turning south and landing in Philadelphia around 7:31 p.m.

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Alexandra Simon is a digital content producer at CBS Philadelphia. Alex started her career at CBS21 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania before joining KARE 11 News in Minneapolis, where she covered breaking news, features and often cold weather.

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