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The Air Force C-130 Hercules is scheduled to land in Aitutaki today to pick up the defence force team that has been stationed on the island for the past two weeks.
Air Force squadron leader Kaveriri Tamariki told Cook Islands News yesterday that the contingency plan was for the Hercules to make one more trip to storm damaged Penrhyn and on its flight back to Rarotonga it would stop over in Aitutaki to pick up the team of 12 there.
The Hercules will return to New Zealand tomorrow.
The Hercules arrived in the Cooks on February 14 and made two trips to Aitutaki delivering emergency supplies and a team of 12 soldiers who have been working with the Aitutaki community since their arrival.
- Matariki Wilson