Canadian Passengers Who Went Maskless Stranded After Party Flight To Mexico

[marmar]

MONTREAL (AP) — Passengers who filmed themselves partying without masks aboard a chartered flight from Montreal to Mexico face being stranded after three airlines refused to fly them home to Canada.

Sunwing Airlines cancelled the return charter flight from Cancun that had been scheduled for Wednesday and Air Transat and Air Canada also both said they will refuse to carry the passengers.

Adding insult to injury, they were branded “idiots” Wednesday by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Videos of the Dec. 30 flight shared on social media show unmasked passengers in close proximity while singing and dancing in the aisle and on seats. In one video, a large bottle of vodka appears to be passed among passengers and a a woman appears to be smoking an electronic cigarette. .................(more)

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/stranded-canadians-party-flight-mexico_n_61d740dee4b0bcd2195c9e5b?

[Orrex]

1. Good. Fuck them.

[Enter stage left]

2. It's only a 2253 1/3 mile walk from the Mexican border to the Canadian border...

start walking, idiots.

[liberaltrucker]

5. Good luck entering the USA during that walk

[Walleye]

3. Take a Greyhound bus home

[Demovictory9]

4. St-Pierre said that ahead of the scheduled return trip, some people were putting Vaseline up their n

St-Pierre said that ahead of the scheduled return trip, some people were putting Vaseline up their noses in an attempt to thwart COVID-19 testing.

Awad wrote on Twitter Wednesday that a “simple party” on a plane was behind the controversy. “I will take a moment to sit down and rethink everything,″ he said. ``Especially how I can do things better next time.”

[ZonkerHarris]

6. fucked around, found out

[brooklynite]

7. Not a problem...they can get to McAllen, TX by bus in 38 hours.....

[Eugene]

8. Canada party plane influencer 'idiots' fly home to face music

Source: BBC

Canada party plane influencer 'idiots' fly home to face music

7 January 2021

Canadian officials say a group of influencers whose rowdy behaviour on a flight led to their stranding in Mexico have flown home to face an inquiry.

In a briefing, a top health official said that 27 had returned and were screened at the airport. Some of the group could face stiff punishments.

Video shows a party on their charter plane without masks. Some were passing around bottles and vaping.

Their behaviour caused the airline to refuse to fly them home.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59917300