Passengers refusing to wear masks Dropped off at Okushiri Airport September 13 at 10:27
On the 12th, a male passenger who had not worn a mask before departure on a passenger plane from Okushiri to Hakodate in Hokkaido did not explain the reason even if the cabin attendant repeatedly asked him, so there was a problem of being dropped off from the plane. was.
According to the airline, around noon on the 12th, a flight attendant asked to wear a mask because a man on a flight to Hakodate of Hokkaido Air System at Okushiri Airport did not wear a mask before takeoff.
The man did not respond and the flight attendants repeatedly asked, but did not explain the reason for refusing the mask, so the captain decided that it was an act of disturbing the order in the cabin and dropped the man.
In addition to the man, there were 21 passengers on board, and due to this trouble, I left Okushiri Airport about 30 minutes later than the scheduled time.
Airlines are asking passengers to wear masks to prevent infection with the new corona virus, and on the 7th of this month, a man who refused to wear a mask on a passenger plane from Kushiro to Kansai Airport of another airline There is a problem of being temporarily dropped off at Niigata Airport for threatening passengers and flight attendants.
According to Hokkaido Air System, "We have determined that there is a risk of hindering safe operation, not because we were not wearing masks, but because of our interactions with flight attendants."