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Health authorities have identified the Andes strain of hantavirus, which can be transmitted from person to person, in passengers who were on a cruise ship at the centre of a deadly outbreak of the rare infection, officials said Wednesday. Meanwhile, three patients with suspected hantavirus infections were evacuated from the …
Read More »Plans underway to evacuate 2 passengers from cruise ship struck by hantavirus
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Medical personnel will focus on evacuating two sick persons from a cruise ship hit by a …
Read More »‘Luck of the draw’ for passengers with WestJet’s half-completed seating changes
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. When she flew home to Edmonton from Mexico this month, Mahala Swisterski says she and her …
Read More »WestJet and Air Transat passengers fight back after airlines falsely claim they can’t film disputes
Jason Huang says he and three older relatives were simply trying to get back to Toronto last August, when a routine check-in at the WestJet counter at Edmonton International Airport escalated into a confrontation. “The manager suddenly grabbed my phone,” said Huang. “I was shocked.” The family was wrapping up …
Read More »Passengers warned of delays at Toronto’s Pearson airport after another CBSA inspection kiosk outage
Travellers in Toronto and at other Canadian airports are being warned of long wait times after an outage of the Canada Border Services Agency’s (CBSA) inspection kiosks. It’s the second kiosk outage this week after airports across the country, from Vancouver to Montreal, saw hours-long delays on Sunday. “We are working with partners …
Read More »Turbulence injures 25 passengers on Delta flight, forces plane to land
A Delta Air Lines flight from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam was hit by serious turbulence, sending 25 passengers to hospitals and forcing the flight to divert to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, the airline said. The Airbus A330-900, which can seat more than 250 people, landed around 7:45 p.m. Wednesday. …
Read More »Egypt Tourist Submarine Tragedy; Russian Passengers | Underwater | मिस्र के करीब सबमरीन डूबने से 6 की मौत: 4 की हालत गंभीर, 44 यात्री सवार थे; रेड-सी में कोरल रीफ देखने गए थे
काहिरा2 घंटे पहले कॉपी लिंक सिंदबाद नाम की सबमरीन एक बार में 44 पैसेंजर्स को समुद्र में 72 फीट गहराई तक ले जा सकती है। फाइल फोटो मिस्र के नजदीक रेड सी में एक टूरिस्ट सबमरीन के डूबने से 6 लोगों की मौत हो गई। मिस्र के हर्गहाडा हॉलिडे रिसॉर्ट …
Read More »Pakistani forces in standoff with militants aboard hijacked train as 190 passengers rescued
Pakistani forces were in a tense standoff on Wednesday with hundreds of militants holding about 250 people hostage on a train they had hijacked in the remote southwest the day before, officials said. The security forces held off from full-out battles as militants wearing vests loaded with explosives had barricaded …
Read More »B.C. judge orders WestJet to stop telling unhappy passengers the sky’s not the limit on delay claims
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ordered WestJet to stop telling passengers there’s a limit to how much they can claim for expenses incurred by flight delays and cancellations. Justice John Gibb-Carsley issued the interim injunction in New Westminster, B.C., Friday ahead of a trial set for next year over …
Read More »Lufthansa fined record $4M for barring Orthodox Jewish passengers from 2022 flight
The United States fined German airline Lufthansa $4 million US for its treatment of a group of Jewish passengers who were denied boarding a 2022 flight in Frankfurt after they had flown to Germany from New York. The U.S. Transportation Department said Tuesday that the fine is the largest the …
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