Social media phenomena, who traveled to Mexico’s tourism city Cancun on December 30 for the New Year’s Eve event from Montreal, Canada, had a party on the plane, violating Covid-19 and flight rules. Following the spread of the images on social media, the return flight of 130 passengers on January 5 was canceled, and the passengers that many airlines refused to carry were stranded in Mexico.
RETURNS TO CANADA ARE INQUIRY
While Minister of Health Jean-Yves Duclos stated that 27 people in the said group returned to Canada with 4 different flights, he did not share the name of the airline company. “They were all stopped at the air border and interrogated,” Duclos said. Then they were all tested. It was checked whether they followed all the health rules that they had to follow during their travels.
PASSENGERS FACE FINE
A Canadian government statement said: “Transport Canada has contacted the airline regarding this flight. If the department determines that Transport Canada regulations and requirements are not complied with, passengers can be fined up to 5,000 Canadian dollars per offense.
The organizer of the event and the founder of 111 Private Club, James Awad, stated that everyone was tested for Covid-19 before boarding the plane, adding that he rented a plane for the event from Sunwing Airline, where only the participants would travel.
“FOOLS”
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, on the other hand, described the passengers in question as “idiots” and said, “It is a slap in the face that people endanger the lives of themselves, citizens and airline company employees, completely irresponsibly.” (AA)