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22 December, 2020, 6:30 pm
Dozens of countries, though not the United States, closed their borders to Britain on Monday, causing travel chaos. Picture: REUTERS.
NEW YORK (Reuters) -British Airways, Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic said on Monday they will allow only passengers who test negative for the coronavirus to fly to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport.
The decisions follow a request from New York Governor Andrew Cuomo that the airlines voluntarily agree to screen passengers on flights to Kennedy airport after the emergence of a highly infectious new coronavirus strain in Britain.
Dozens of countries, though not the United States, closed their borders to Britain on Monday, causing travel chaos.
2 passengers with dog open door of a moving plane and slide out in New York
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(CNN) Two passengers on a Delta flight bound for Atlanta opened a cabin door and activated the slide to exit the plane while it was taxiing to a runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport on Monday morning, an airline spokesman said.
CNN has not been able to confirm details about the dog deplaning, but in reporting the pair’s charges, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey spokeswoman Lenis Valens said a dog accompanying the two was taken to a Brooklyn animal shelter.
2 Passengers and a Dog Slid Off a Moving Plane at New York’s LaGuardia Airport Rachel Chang
As Delta flight 462 was preparing for departure from New York City’s LaGuardia Airport on Monday, a man, woman, and dog exited the plane via the emergency slide during taxiing,
The Atlanta-bound flight, which was scheduled to depart at 9:50 a.m. local time, ended up leaving at 7:17 p.m. from gate D10, according to FlightStats.
An eyewitness on the flight told the newspaper that the two passengers kept changing seats on the plane, which wasn’t full. Although a flight attendant did try to get them to sit down, they never did, and the man said that he had post-traumatic stress disorder, stating that if he sat down, he’d “freak out,” according to the fellow passenger.