The Foreign Office confirmed the flight would leave Kingston’s Norman Manley International Airport carrying Britons unable to fly home commercially.

The UK government has chartered flights to help British nationals leave Jamaica in the wake of Hurricane Melissa. As many as 8,000 Britons are understood to be on the Caribbean island. The Foreign Office has urged them to register their presence to receive updates on the disaster response.

The Caribbean sunshine took a sudden detour this week as Hurricane Melissa has barreled toward Jamaica, and travelers with flights to the island are being advised to tread carefully. As air carriers scramble to give passengers flexibility,

As planes continue to land and relief supplies pour into Jamaica, airport ramp attendant Andres Brumley is working through his worry — not knowing if his family back home survived the storm.

As Jamaica works to deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, Agape Flights is doing everything it can to help those on the ground, some of whom lost everything.

# Tribune Staff Reporters A BAHAMIAN woman stranded in Jamaica has accused Bahamasair of abandoning passengers after cancelling flights with little notice, saying the airline failed to do enough to evacuate citizens before Hurricane Melissa struck.

Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, Jamaica, was set to reopen to relief flights on Thursday, but not to commercial flights yet, so many tourists and Jamaicans were disappointed to have to turn back.