KEY WEST, Fla. — (KEY WEST, Fla.) -- Two Cuban migrants landed at Key West International Airport on a motorized hang glider Saturday morning, authorities said.
They were taken into U.S. Border Patrol custody after landing at approximately 10:30 am. local time, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, which has deputies assigned to the airport.
The sheriff's office and Chief Patrol Agent Walter Slosar shared images of the powered hang glider following the incident."Cuban migrants arrive in all manner, typically in makeshift homemade boats," Monroe County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Adam Linhardt told ABC News."This is not a typical event, but it's not completely unusual."
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