Stunning video footage exhibits passengers stranded for 3 hours on a aircraft with out aircon in Greece in the course of the blistering heatwave.
The video, taken inside a Qatar Airways flight at Athens Airport 4 days in the past, exhibits sweaty and annoyed passengers fanning themselves as they complain concerning the warmth.
A gaggle of individuals might be seen gathered round a lady fanning her as she is slumped in her seat wanting unwell.
One man was so sizzling that he took his prime off while others ranted to family and friends on the telephone concerning the excruciating warmth contained in the plane or tried to name for assist.
Qatar Airways have stated the delay on the flight that was presupposed to land in Doha, Qatar, was attributable to a ‘technical challenge’.
The one who posted the video claims that passengers have been ‘dehydrating and passing out on the aircraft’ and weren’t being ‘fed or hydrated’.
A person and a lady frantically attempt to fan one other passenger who appeared to be feeling unwell
The lady was surrounded by fellow passengers who tried to assist her calm down
Passengers seemed to be utilizing paper luggage offered for journey illness to fan the lady
They stated Qatar Airways dealing with of the state of affairs was ‘atrocious at finest’ and even once they have been lastly allowed to disembark aircraft they needed to sit in a queue with ‘no communication from the corporate’.
One other video exhibits a whole bunch of individuals ready contained in the airport on the check-in with their baggage with solely two workers members seen on the desk.
The complete caption stated: ‘@qatarairways how about serving to your stranded passengers from flight QR204 which are stranded in Athens?
‘Your dealing with the state of affairs is atrocious at finest. Passengers have been left stranded on the aircraft for 3 and a half hours with doorways closed and no aircon. Passengers have been actually dehydrating and passing out on the aircraft.
‘They have been lastly allowed off of the aircraft and are actually sitting in a queue with no communication from the corporate as to what the state of affairs is. Passengers have connecting flights out of Doha that won’t be made.
‘There may be one individual out there on the Qatar verify in desk serving to one individual at a time. Passengers aren’t being fed or hydrated.’
One other video exhibits a whole bunch of individuals ready contained in the airport on the check-in with their baggage
Regardless of the crowds of ready passengers, solely two employees have been seen working behind the check-in desk
A spokesperson for Qatar Airways stated: ‘Qatar Airways sincerely apologises for the delay to passengers travelling on flight QR204 from Athens (ATH) to Doha (DOH) on Monday 10 June 2024, which was attributable to a technical challenge.
‘Because of this, all passengers have been requested to disembark the plane and have been supported by our workers at Athens Worldwide Airport whereas floor upkeep groups labored to resolve the difficulty.
‘The flight later departed from ATH, arriving in DOH at 10.39 native time on Tuesday 11 June 2024, the place we prolonged our full assist to all affected passengers upon arrival to make sure clean onward connections to their closing vacation spot.
‘We regard the protection and luxury of our passengers and crew as our highest precedence always, and have provided our apologies to every passenger affected by this unexpected disruption and the inconvenience brought on. Moreover, passengers have been knowledgeable of their compensation entitlements according to the relevant laws.’
A view of the Parthenon temple because the Acropolis hill archaeological website is closed to guests attributable to a heatwave hitting Athens on June 12
Vacationers sit on the steps of the traditional Acropolis hill throughout a sizzling day in Athens, Greece
Officers in Greece have been pressured to shut the Athens Acropolis in the course of the hottest hours of Wednesday because the season’s earliest-ever heatwave swept the nation, prompting faculty closures and well being warnings, as temperatures reached 43 levels.
Meteorologists have famous that is the earliest heatwave – which for Greece is temperatures exceeding 38 levels Celsius for not less than three days – on report.
‘This heatwave will go down in historical past,’ meteorologist Panos Giannopoulos stated on state TV ERT. ‘Within the twentieth century we by no means had a heatwave earlier than June 19. We’ve got had a number of within the twenty first century, however none earlier than June 15,’ he stated.
The local weather disaster and civil safety ministry has warned of a really excessive threat of fires within the Attica area round Athens.
An worker shuts the exit door of the Acropolis hill archaeological website because it briefly closes attributable to a heatwave hitting the nation
A girl is aided exterior the Acropolis hill archaeological website after feeling unwell
Members of the Hellenic Pink Cross hand over bottles of water to vacationers visiting the Acropolis
Faculties stayed closed in a number of areas of the nation on Wednesday and Thursday, together with within the capital, whereas the labour ministry has suggested public-sector workers to earn a living from home.
The ministry additionally ordered a pause from noon to 5pm for outside work together with meals supply.
Greece’s Pink Cross stated it had handed out some 12,000 bottles of water within the centre of the capital and on the Acropolis.
And in Greece’s second metropolis Thessaloniki, academics and pupils stated annual faculty exams have been held beneath tough situations.
