“I felt extremely unsafe”: vulnerable passenger asks to leave flight where most others were not wearing masks
The IndependentSign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The anonymous passenger spoke to Stuff.co.nz, describing how she boarded her Jetstar flight from Wellington to Queenstown to find “a sea of unmasked people”. “I said I would have to get off the plane as I felt extremely unsafe.” Cabin crew and the pilot spoke to the vulnerable passenger, persuading her to stay on the flight and offering to seat her in an empty section of the cabin, towards the back. Jetstar does require passengers to have either proof of vaccination or a recent negative Covid test result to fly, but is tracking this via “spot checks” rather than checking every passenger’s documentation. A Jetstar spokesperson said it had been unable to verify the details of that particular flight but acknowledged that crew had raised concerns about the number of passengers not wearing masks.
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