The actor John Travolta landed in Haiti Tuesday with a plane full of emergency supplies and members of the Church of Scientology, of which he is a prominent member, reports the Guardian.
Mr. Travolta, who holds a pilot’s license, flew his private Boeing 707 from Florida with six tons of military rations and medical supplies. He also carried Scientologists, who fanned out across Port-au-Prince applying a technique the church believes relieves trauma.
His arrival prompted some grumbling among aid agencies, which have complained about landing priorities at Port-au-Prince’s airport. Hundreds of aircraft are awaiting permission to land at the airport, which has a backlog of at least 800 flights and is under U.S. military control.
In other news, the Hope for Haiti Now album will debut at No. 1 when Billboard’s latest weekly pop chart is issued Wednesday.
The download-only album contains 20 performances from Friday’s Hope for Haiti telethon and will be the first exclusively digital release to top the Billboard 200 chart. Proceeds from the album will go to Haiti relief efforts.
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