The emergency evacuation flight carrying two seriously ill people had been scheduled to refuel in Marrakech, Morocco – but the landing was refused
A medical plane carrying two people evacuated from the virus-ravaged cruise liner MV Hondius was forced to make an unscheduled stop this afternoon after being refused permission to land in Morocco.
The Learjet 45 had been scheduled to refuel in Marrakech after health personnel removed the pair in hazmat suits on stretchers from the boat off the Cape Verde coast. But the emergency flight ended up having to reroute to Gando Air Base, a Spanish Air Force hub on the east coast of Gran Canaria, after Moroccan air traffic control refused the landing request.
The flight was due to leave again for its final destination of Holland around 5.40pm local time today. It was not immediately clear if the patient on board was the seriously-ill British doctor evacuated earlier today.
