SANTA CLARA, Cuba (AFP) — The first regular commercial flight in more than 50 years from the United States landed in Cuba on Wednesday, as the two nations took the latest step in their efforts to boost ties. JetBlue Flight 387 landed in the central Cuban city of Santa Clara a little before 11:00 am, about an hour after leaving Fort Lauderdale in south-eastern Florida with 150 passengers on board. The plane was greeted with a water cannon salute, an aviation tradition in which aircraft pass under arcs of water before flying to their destinations for the first time. Its departure from Florida was celebrated the same way. The first two passengers off the plane carried US and Cuban flags...
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