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Passenger leaves note calling flight attendant a ‘Nazi’ and ‘glorified maid’ after being asked to wear mask
A passenger reportedly left an offensive note for a flight attendant after being asked to wear their mask over their nose.Handwritten on an inflight sick bag, the note calls the member of American Airlines cabin crew a “mask nazi” and a “glorified maid”.
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Quarantine: Will Portugal and Greece go back on the 'high-risk' list?
British holidaymakers in Portugal are waiting anxiously to hear whether the country will be added to the list of countries regarded as “unacceptably high risk” because of an increase in coronavirus cases.And after Scotland and Wales imposed measures on holidaymakers returning from Greece, there are also concerns that the Mediterranean nation could be added to the UK’s quarantine list.
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Woman opens emergency exit and climbs onto plane wing after feeling too hot on flight
A woman opened the emergency exit on a plane and climbed onto the wing to cool down just after the flight had landed.The unnamed passenger had flown from Antalya, Turkey, to Kiev, Ukraine, with Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) when the incident occurred.
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Passenger on Wizz Air flight to Cyprus fined for not wearing mask properly
A Wizz Air passenger was fined €300 (£267.65) for failing to wear his face mask properly on board a flight from Athens to Larnaca in Cyprus.The man, who was sitting at the back of the aircraft on the Sunday night flight, was said to have refused to comply with the mandatory mask policy despite repeated requests from the cabin crew.
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Passenger caught coronavirus in plane toilet, says study
A woman is believed to have caught coronavirus in the toilet of a plane according to a study published by the US Centers for Disease Control.The study was based on evidence collected on an evacuation flight from Milan, Italy, to Incheon, South Korea, and at the government quarantine facility passengers were taken to after landing.
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Man spends three days drifting on surfboard at sea after falling from cruise ship
A man has been rescued off the coast of Spain after spending three days at sea drifting on a surfboard.The unnamed 55-year-old, who is believed to be British, said he had fallen off a cruise ship.
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Travel corridors: All the countries UK holidaymakers can visit this summer
The list of countries that Britons can travel to without having to quarantine for 14 days on return is sadly diminishing week by week.Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Jamaica are the latest to go. Last week it was Austria, Croatia and Trinidad and Tobago.
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