As Hurricane Fiona pulled away from the Dominican Republic, eventually strengthening into the year’s first Category 3 major storm in the Caribbean, more than two dozen flights out of the country’s biggest airport were cancelled. But one made it out.
The flight, headed from Punta Cana to Newark via JetBlue late on Monday, took off nearly five hours late, just after 7pm (local time). It appeared on flight trackers as a lone craft in the middle of a swirling hurricane. It sparked alarm…