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St Helena's isolation ends as air link finally opens

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Published Sun, Oct 15, 2017 · 09:50 PM

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    Jamestown, St Helena

    THE first regular commercial flight landed at St Helena last Saturday, opening the small British island in the South Atlantic to the world after centuries of isolation.

    Around 100 islanders came out to the airport to watch the historic landing of the Embraer 190 jet which came from Johannesburg.

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