UK couple forced to sleep in van on Lanseria Airport tarmac in nightmare trip Home Affairs kept a UK couple and their private charter pilot on the Lanseria Airport tarmac this week for more than 48 hours over ungrounded Covid-19 fears. WeekendArgus
Cape Town - Home Affairs kept a UK couple and their private charter pilot on the Lanseria International Airport tarmac this week for more than 48 hours over Covid-19 fears while a Cape Town lawyer battled to liberate them.
The private plane could not fly out of Lanseria either as all countries within its range had closed their borders, said Booth. Hagan, the owner of Hagan Homes, the largest home builders in Northern Ireland, told an Irish newspaper that their frustration was compounded because Anne, a retired specialist respiratory nurse, wanted to return to the UK to assist in the health crisis. Their “once-in-a-lifetime” birthday trip had now turned in to a “living nightmare”, he said.
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