John Travolta flies his Boeing 707 plane to Haiti and brings supplies and help

BY ALICIA CRUZ

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Actor and Englewood, N.J., native, John Travolta has joined the list of celebs banning together to bring relief aid to earthquake battered Haiti.

Travolta, a certified pilot who owns several personal aircrafts, reportedly flew a jetliner carrying doctors and ministers from the Church of Scientology and relief supplies to Port-au-Prince, Haiti last week.

The 55-year-old "From Paris with Love" star and wife, actress Kelly Preston, stocked his personal aircraft, a Boeing 707, from Florida with six tons of MREs (Military Meals-Ready-to-Eat) and medical supplies and headed for Haiti.

"We have the ability to actually help make a difference in the situation in Haiti and I just can't see not using this plane to help," said Travolta ,who acts as an official goodwill ambassador for Quantas Airlines whenever he flies. Travolta compared his Haiti mission to aid efforts he provided following the devastation Hurricane Katrina left behind in New Orleans.

"We were there right away, with this airplane, because you know we have the ability and the means to do this so I think you have responsibility on some level to do that."

Travolta and wife said they plan to return to their home in Florida once they deliver the long awaited aid to Haitian officials.

U.N. humanitarian spokeswoman Elisabeth Byrs said that at least 800 planes stocked with supplies are desperately trying to deliver relief aid to Haiti. The already stressed airport, which can only handle 130 flights per day, has had to institute a waiting list, which has frustrated a lot of aid groups eager to help.

The medical aid group, Doctors Without Borders, says American military controllers who manage flight schedules at the Haitian airport have delayed the arrival of field hospitals, which have led to the deaths of many Haitians.

More than 150,000 natives have been buried since the magnitude 7.0 quake hit the second poorest nation on January 12. Thousands of Haitians remain homeless and thousands more are still unaccounted for.