A corona outbreak occurs on a vacation plane from Greece.
Allegedly, a number of passengers were negligent with their face masks.
Coronavirus pandemic
*
: There
is a
corona
*
outbreak
on a
TUI
holiday
plane.
The plane flew from the Greek holiday island of
Zakynthos
to
Cardiff in Great Britain (Wales)
.
A passenger raises charges against the crew: Allegedly some passengers were wearing their
face masks
to protect against
Covid-19
*
only sloppy.
Munich / Cardiff - The next spectacular
Corona
*
outbreak - this time on a TUI holiday plane from
Greece
to
Great Britain
.
After a flight from the picturesque holiday island of
Zakynthos
to
Cardiff in Wales
, 16
coronavirus cases were
found that are linked to the trip mentioned.
Corona outbreak in a German TUI holiday plane from Greece to Wales
The British The Guardian reports on this.
Even more: According to the report, seven of the total of 200 passengers were allegedly suspected of being
infected with Covid 19
on the flight itself
.
The passengers had been tested after their arrival in the UK.
The 200 passengers on the flight now have to go into quarantine.
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Picturesque: the Greek holiday island of Zakynthos.
© Tui / dpa
The
travel company TUI
, based in Berlin and Hanover, announced
an investigation
after the
corona incident
in one of its aircraft.
The question behind it: How did this disaster come about?
A British passenger on the flight now raised allegations against fellow passengers and the crew - with sharp choice of words.
In focus: the
face masks
.
Corona outbreak in TUI aircraft: passenger raises allegations because of face masks
"Many of the people wore the masks under their noses or even under their chins," said Stephanie Whitfield
on
BBC Radio 4,
according to
The Guardian
: "They took the masks off to talk to friends and they walked up and down the aisles to talk to her friends without masks. "
"The vast majority" of the passengers had not been reminded of the
mask requirement
by the crew
, she said: "Next to me sat a man who wore his mask around his chin during the entire flight, and the stewardess spoke to him and said nothing to him."
Coronavirus in TUI planes: Covid-19 infections on the flight - did passengers not wear face masks?
According to the report, Whitfield became
drastic
in her
Corona allegations
(and the choice of words): "The flight was full of selfish 'Covidiots' and an incompetent crew who could not care less." (Pm)
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