Chaos As Enhanced Screening Airports Overwhelmed; US Citizens Scramble Back From Europe
March 16, 2020 2014
Since Trumps Europe travel ban went into effect, Americans returning home have been diverted through just thirteen US airports, also as travel requirements and coronavirus enhanced screening instituted by President Trump are implemented.
Videos and photos posted to social media reveal a weekend of insanity and packed airport queues in an increasingly high risk health crisis.
Chicagos OHare International Airport revealed the most chaotic scenes: thousands standing should-to-shoulder in an airport corridor amid a deadly pandemic, reportedly for at least seven hours before entering the screening area and airport exit.
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Airports authorized to receive return flights from Europe, and which are set up for Covid-19 screening, include the following according to the advisory:
Atlanta: HartsfieldJackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)
Boston: Boston Logan International Airport (BOS)
Chicago: Chicago OHare International Airport (ORD)
Dallas/Fort Worth: Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW)
Detroit: Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW)
Honolulu: Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)
Los Angeles: Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
Miami: Miami International Airport (MIA)
New York City: John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)
Newark, N.J.: Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)
San Francisco: San Francisco International Airport (SFO)
Seattle: Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)
Washington, D.C.: Washington-Dulles International Airport (IAD)
OHare Airport acknowledged Saturday in a public statement that screening and control areas were taking longer than usual. The enhanced screening includes a temperature check and questions about flyers recent travel history.
#1: Pinguinite To: BTP Holdings (#0)
Does it include some "enhanced interrogation"?
Pinguinite posted on 2020-03-16 18:43:51 Reply Private Reply
#2: BTP Holdings To: Pinguinite (#1)
It says they will ask about flyers' recent travel history. I can imagine it might be quite detailed.
I know a girl who went to Italy and now it seems she is stuck there under quarantine because of the virus. ;)
BTP Holdings posted on 2020-03-16 19:27:46 Reply Private Reply
#3: Esso To: BTP Holdings, 4um (#0)
I was supposed to go through there on my way to Denver to pick up a car that I really had hot-pants for about a month ago. The tics were less than $200 and I thought it might have been a neat drive since I never had my head up west if the Mississippi.
Long story short, the dealer sold the car out from under me, the IRS came down on me like a ton of shit over a major TurboTax malfunction with this years taxes, etc. Just call me TurboTax Jimmy.
Damn, I haven't bought a car for me that I've wanted since probably the mid 80s.
Esso posted on 2020-03-16 19:43:01 Reply Private Reply
#4: Dakmar To: Esso (#3)
Dakmar posted on 2020-03-16 19:45:38 Reply Private Reply