Sixty Brits stranded at Athens Airport after plane was refused landing in Saudi Arabia
- Written by E.Tsiliopoulos
Sixty people on board a passenger plane from the UK are stranded at the Athens International Airport “Eleftherios Venizelos”, after the Saudi-bound aircraft from London was forced to divert and land in Athens, following the refusal by the Saudi authorities to allow it to land in the Arab kingdom.
The aircraft, after being denied landing in Saudi Arabia, headed for Athens, where it landed unexpectedly at Spata Airport at 9pm yesterday (Monday).
Even though the 60 passengers, including children, are from the UK which has been designated a high-risk country for coronavirus, they were neither screened or examined and are moving freely among the rest of the public around the airport from Monday without wearing masks or gloves.
According to sources, 26 of the passengers will reportedly depart with the Emirates after the UK embassy intervened, with the rest seeking to reach their destination.
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