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VIRGIN ISLANDS Friday, May 26, 2023 • The Virgin Islands Daily News tmerican Airlines makes test flight from Miami to BVI airport According to oflicials, Thursday's gle cabin and seat within a I5-minute runway, circled and came hack to land past BVI visitors would land in the U.S. y DEAN GREENAWAY test flight was important for such things timefrarne. Ramp personnel were also wily News Staff into EIS," Edward Singh, whose Plati- Virgin Islands, and take a taxi to a ferry as lining up the mobile staircase that being trained on lifting up the staircase num Services company, will handle that would take them to the British is- passengers will disembark from, doing properly to ensure a safe operation, and : TORTOLA -- Days before two cleaning and ramp services for to AA land. BV1 Communications and Works training on the aircraft "and getting a transferring luggage, inerican Airlines aircraft are expected flights, told The Daily News. "It was basic idea of whats to be done on June "M a great initiative by American 3,land in the British Virgin Islands, a to give the pilot an idea of where the Minister Kyc Rymer said Thursday that Airlines to do the test flight today, be- threshold was —an idea of the runway the test flight was an "exciting moment 1 when they have two operations in one st flight touched down Thursday at cause it gives the agents who were be- length because the BVI basically has a for the territory on a whole" day. it Terrence B. Lcttsome Airport. ing trained from scratch and idea of small runway." "I can't neglect all the efforts from "Everything ran pretty smoothly, The ERJ 175 aircraft Flight MQ9858 what to do from day No. 1," Singh said. Singh said the pilots landing the past boards, past governments and past no hiccups or problem& The aircraft aerated by Envoy, departed Miami at Rymer was on the tarmac with other plane "didn't use much runway which ministers," he said. "This has always parked safely, the crew got off, met am. and landed at 11:30 a.m. in the officials when the flight landed, and was great and it was a gnat landing." been a topic where we want to get di- with key persons in the community and VI with a crew that included two cap- saw the fly-by where the pilots took "The test operation was also to have rect flights, so seeing this test flight other organizations. Everything went ins, a first officer and flight attendant. measures - including videos of the the pilot be aware of the surrounding happen today, it signifies that we are pretty weir Singh said. ome of the passengers on board were runway -- to understand airport infra- areas, the runway and where they're achieving what we set out to achieve In preparation for the inaugural Se that it was a rest flight, but others going to be parked on the first day of and we're gratefial to God first and fore- flight, Singh said employees had been structure. id not, according to officials. The pilot used Runway 26, made an operations," he added. most, for blessing us to be able to get training for the last month. The test "Today, they performed a test °o- immediate left as a mountain is on the In what will be a historic first, Amer- to this point today. We're excited about flight gave the trained clean and search ration which is basically the aircraft right, circled and returned for a safe ican is poised to land two planes on next week when we'll see the first flight team an idea of how quickly they could lade an approach, which was basi- June 1, directly from Miami. In years with passengers." • clean the aircraft, including every sin- landing. iffy a touch and go. They saw the of his charities and companies. check from Epstein. is engaged in the furtherance of day. Henry declined to comment, EPSTEIN UVI spokeswoman Tamika "From our preliminary review, our mission to advance the educa- citing her upcoming deposition in the case. ONTIN0ED FROM PAGE 3 Thomas Williams provided a list having received the information in tional goals of our students and this the JP Morgan court filing late this institution clearly has never aided Thursday's filing by JPMorgan brain student visas. of seven contributions accepted afternoon, the University of the Vir- or supported the activities of Jeffrey also includes a quote from Henry "Ultimately UVI structured a between 2003 and 2007 from gin Islands has searched its records Epstein?' that was taken out of context from a espoke class to enroll victims and "Enhanced Education, one of Mr. for gifts from Mr. Epstein or in There are other inconsistencies in Feb. 18, 2020, article in The Virgin rovide cover for their presence in Epstein's organizations," totaling the name of his known companies JPMorgan's latest filing. Islands Daily News. territory--the same year Epstein $17,900, including $5,000 in "annu- al giving," $3,900 for the "Upward in the amount of $20,000 relating Ellsworth wrote that several Vir- The article, titled "Former DPNR onated $20,000 to the university Commissioner says territory must trough one of his companies," Ells- Bound Program" and $9,000 to the to the ESL Program and we could gin Islands officials, including de- annual Celebrity Golf Classic. find no record that the University Jongh, former Gov. Kenneth Mapp, learn from Epstein's legacy;' fo- .orth wrote. cused on an interview Henry gave Rut UVI representatives previously "Mr. Epstein continued to show received such gifts," Hall noted in and Dawn Henry visited Epstein's interest in supporting major initia- the statement. islands "with regularity." about her personal dealings with )Id The Daily News that the univer- Epstein. ity only received a total of$17,900 tives subsequent to his 2008 convic- Hall said he also reviewed the Henry, former Commissioner for statements about the "bespoke" the V.I. Department of Planning and In that interview, Henry described iom Epstein andhis companies over tion; however, the UVI Board of class created for Epstein's victims, Natural Resources, told The Daily how she and other officials struggled everal years. Trustees decided it was in the best "and can state unequivocally that I News in a February 2020 interview to cite Epstein for destructive illegal The year that donation was made is interest of the University to decline future gifts," Williams wrote at the was not aware of the activities de- that she never personally set foot construction and environmental ot listed in Ellsworth's filing, which violations on his private islands, and time. scribed, and as President never ap- on either Little or Great St. James ites exhibits produced by the Epstein his expectation that he would receive UVI President Hall provided a proved or authorized a course being island, but DPNR officers did visit State that are sealed from public view. special treatment. In 2019, The Daily News requested statement to The Daily News Thurs- developed for individuals connected the islands to enforce zoning and day night, confirming that there is with Jeffrey Epstein:" environmental laws. Henry emphasized that DPNR was iformation from UVI about any do- not responsible for enforcing the teni- ations received from Epstein or any no evidence it received a $20,000 Hall added that, 'The University When reached by phone Thurs- tory's sex offender laws, and noted that the V.I. Justice Department declined to xerox -%:A •__it a /cr. • am 4E' lir Enxi /fa er Era investigate Epstein while he was alive, but did file a civil action against his EFTA00129018