Category: Transport Watch

Manuel Zelaya, 68, former president of Honduras, was arrested on suspicion of money laundering at Toncontin International Airport because he was carrying a bag containing $18,000 (c. £ 13,200). Zelaya was later released and claimed that someone placed the money in his bag. At the time of his arrest, supporters of the former president protested outside the airport and blocked traffic.

A flight from Moscow that was due to take off to Zhengzhou, China, was cancelled after all passengers’ coronavirus test results came back with same result – that they had antibodies for the coronavirus.

A police officer was arrested at Port Harcourt Military Airport after he fired his gun into the air out of anger because a bartender instructed him to not drink a beer he had ordered on the apron, but to find a private area instead.

All employees at Shanghai Pudong Airport were ordered to take Covid-19 tests after several cargo handlers tested positive for the coronavirus. As staff were forcibly quarantined, chaotic scenes ensued as many tried to leave. The airport cancelled most of their evening flights.

Reports emerged that Effrance Musimenta Mbagaya, director for human resources and administration at the Ugandan Civil Aviation Authority, was arrested for allegedly ordering the removal of President Museveni campaign posters after some staff had complained about their placement on the building and in the offices.

Hemed Suleiman Abdalla, Zanzibar’s second vice president, travelled to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport and discovered that the security scanners were faulty. He ordered all the scanners to be fixed and claimed that the faulty scanners provided a loophole for illicit activities.

The Gabon football team arrived at Banjul Airport the day before their match against The Gambia in an African Cup of Nations qualifying match but were prevented from leaving the airport due to an administrative problem relating to Covid tests. Gabon’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who plays for Arsenal, tweeted about the problem. Ivory Coast captain, and Tottenham player, Serge Aurier, tweeted his support for the Gabon team. Gabon were able to leave in the morning, hours before their game, which they lost to The Gambia 2-1.

Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, 28, founder of the website MuslimGirl, was removed from an American Airlines flight before take-off from Newark International Airport to Charlotte, because a fellow passenger felt ‘uncomfortable’ with her presence on the flight. Al-Khatahtbeh and the fellow passenger had an argument during check-in as the passenger accused Al-Khatahtbeh of cutting the line and that he should go first as he was registered for TSA pre-check. The passenger then cut in front of Al-Khatahtbeh.

A cigar humidor was confiscated by TSA at LaGuardia International Airport because it resembled a pipe bomb.

Reports emerged that TSA confiscated a dead baby shark from a passenger at Syracuse Hancock International Airport. The shark was soaked in an unknown chemical liquid.