Two Cuban migrants landed at Key West International Airport in the United States aboard a motorized hang glider on Saturday morning, authorities said.
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They were taken into U.S. Border Patrol custody after landing around 10:30 a.m. local time, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.
No serious injuries were reported, authorities said.
Video posted to Instagram shows the aerial craft hovering over a golf course; his presence, suspicious, had alerted the residents.
Chris Ferrara, a Key West resident who calls himself an aviation enthusiast, told ABC News he was driving his golf cart nearby when he heard the distinct sound of a hang glider engine hovering overhead. him.
“I looked up and knew he shouldn’t be there,” he said.
The Sheriff’s Office and Chief Patrol Officer Walter Slosar shared footage of the powered hang glider after the incident.
“Cuban migrants arrive in all ways, usually in makeshift boats,” Monroe County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Adam Linhardt told ABC News.
“It’s not a typical occurrence, but it’s not completely unusual,” he added.