Rowdy passengers ditch masks on Sunwing flight to Mexico
Global News
Video circulating on social media showed passengers snapping selfies, drinking alcohol and congregating close together on a recent Sunwing Airlines flight from Montreal.
Canada’s minister of transport on Tuesday called for an investigation into reports of maskless, rowdy passengers on a recent airline flight, as the country battles soaring cases of COVID-19.
Transport Minister Omar Alghabra said on Twitter he had asked regulator Transport Canada to investigate media reports of passengers snapping selfies, drinking alcohol and congregating close together on a Sunwing Airlines flight.
The French-language Journal de Montreal said the Sunwing Airlines flight from Montreal to Cancun, Mexico, on Dec. 30 was chartered by a private group.
“I am aware of the reports of unacceptable behavior on a Sunwing flight,” Alghabra said in a tweet.
“We must take the risks of COVID seriously!”
Sunwing, a Toronto headquartered leisure operator, and Transport Canada were not immediately available for comment.
“This is unacceptable behavior from passengers that puts our cabin crew at enormous risk,” said Rena Kisfalvi, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) local which represents Sunwing flight attendants.
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