CASCADE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — A much-needed shipment of personal protection equipment arrived in West Michigan Friday, as a Delta plane carrying half a million surgical masks touched down at Gerald R. Ford International Airport.
News 8 was on the tarmac as airport crews unloaded hundreds of identical boxes from the aircraft, each containing 40 disposable masks.
“Delta has told us that there are a half a million surgical masks on board,” said Tara Hernandez, marketing and communications director for the airport.
Hernandez said the airline didn’t disclose where the PPE is being sent or who ordered the supplies.
According to Hernandez, the Grand Rapids-bound flight took off from Los Angeles, carrying about 4,500 pounds of cargo.