Because they wanted to travel with fake corona tests, 23 passengers were taken from an airplane before the flight to New York.
Air travel without a negative coronavirus test or proof of vaccination is currently hardly possible.
A recent case in Israel proves that taking a fake test result with you is not a good idea.
There, at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, 23 passengers tried to fly to New York with a United Airlines plane using fake tests, as reported by
The Times of Israel
.
Fake corona tests: airline employees became suspicious
According to the report, employees of the US airline had suspected and then notified the Israeli Ministry of Health and the police. When the documents actually turned out to be forged,
the passengers were taken from the plane and interrogated by the police
. Those affected were released on bail and, according to the German Press Agency (dpa), fined around 1,320 euros. In addition, the personal details were also passed on to the US authorities, the report said. It is unclear whether the 23 passengers falsified their test results because they had previously tested positive for the corona virus.
Test results are usually printed out or shown on the smartphone.
However, there are repeated attempts by travelers to fake their way through with fake tests.
The Times of Israel
writes that
around 15 people
trying to travel with forged papers are caught
at Tel Aviv airport
every day
.
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Coronavirus: Israel is struggling with increasing numbers of infections
According to dpa, the number of infections in Israel has risen sharply since the beginning of June due to the spread of the Delta variant.
Entry is currently
only possible for vaccinated groups
, but these are only allowed into the country in isolated cases.
Fake corona tests are a big thorn in the side of Israel in view of the increasingly serious situation.
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