Aviation
Commercial /
Europe
Quarantine
Football team flight with chartered A380 is canceled after covid-19 cases
Airbus A380
Emirates
CC BY-SA 2.0
Rafael Ramos
7/21/2021
The Emirates airline was forced to cancel a flight with football team Arsenal after a number of positive tests for covid 19. The 484-seat Airbus A380 has the phrase “choose to vaccinate” written on the fuselage.
The plane, which was delivered to the company less than a year ago and is registered under the registration number A6_EVN, would fly on Thursday, 22/7. The plane arrived yesterday, 7/20, at London Stansted airport, after an almost 7-hour flight from Dubai.
Upon arriving at the airport, the team received news that members of the delegation had tested positive days ago, causing the flight to have to be cancelled. The team would head to Florida (USA), where they would play a game against Inter Milan on 7/25.
Airbus A380
Emirates
Julian Herzog, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Arsenal ended up giving up on participating in the Florida Cup due to a “small number of positive cases”. In a note, the team says that the decision is based on the health and well-being of the players and staff on the team. All positive cases appear to be asymptomatic.
Hyperlinks:
Rafael Ramos
Aviation enthusiast from an early age, he had his first contacts with the area developing that good old habit of spending dozens of hours in front of the screens of Micrsoft Flight Simulator and other simulators. With a solid background in various technological areas, including engineering and chemistry, Rafael has rejoined aviation as editor and author of articles and materials on our portal, providing invaluable help to the dynamics and expansion of the website and the aeronautical community, bringing us the news and updates so indispensable for us to remain current in our area of operation.
   
|
|