Ecuador city blocks plane sent to pick up travelers stranded due to coronavirus
FILE PHOTO: A municipal worker cleans with a power washer after Ecuador's government restricted travel within the country and declared a nighttime curfew as a response to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease , in Guayaquil, Ecuador March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Santiago Arcos
Vehicles from the municipality of Guayaquil on Wednesday afternoon were sent to fill a runway of the city’s international airport to prevent the landing of an Iberia flight that had planned to evacuate 190 travelers. An EU statement asked Ecuador to “provide guarantees of security in the use of the airports of Quito and Guayaquil for the arrival of empty flights ... and the exit of European citizens.”The Iberia flight ultimately landed in Quito, the country’s highland capital. The blocked runway also forced carrier KLM to reroute a flight.
“It is a regrettable event because it puts the country in a complex situation, especially with the good relations Ecuador has with European countries,” Ocles told reporters, describing the Iberia flight as “humanitarian.”
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