Hurricane Maria left Puerto Rico with widespread power failures, disrupted medical treatment, and severe shortages. On September 28, 2017, a corporate aircraft departed Orlando with urgently requested supplies, including diapers and baby food.
A later account described generators, ice, and water moving into the island while the return flight assisted people who could not receive dialysis after the electrical system failed. The public record does not identify the aircraft model, so the mission is presented by its function: useful aviation capacity placed into service when conventional systems were under extraordinary pressure.
“We didn't even blink; we said how many trips do you need?”Dan Newlin - official mission account, October 2017