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Cuomo pushes for airlines to test passengers amid new COVID-19 strain by Steve Bittenbender, The Center Square | December 22, 2020 09:00 AM Print this article
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called on commercial airlines that fly from the United Kingdom into New York City to test their passengers before departing. The request comes as a new, more infectious strain of COVID-19 has been identified in the European country.
The governor’s comments follow UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s implementation of tighter restrictions for parts of England, including London. In addition, Canada and several other countries have temporarily suspended flights from the island nation.
It s not every day you see a plane emergency
slide in use. It s even less likely you ll see two passengers use it to slide out of a plane with their dog before the flight takes off.
But on Monday, that happened at LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York. During flight 462’s taxi-out at LaGuardia on Dec. 21, a party of two (people) opened a cabin door and exited the aircraft via the slide, Morgan Durrant, spokesperson for Delta Air Lines, told USA TODAY.
The passengers, Antonio Murdock, 31, and Brianna Greco, 23, both residents of Florida, also had a service dog with them, Lenis Valens, spokesperson for Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which oversees the airport, told USA TODAY.