Private jet carrying vacationers turned back after landing in the south of France

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A group of international vacationers who flew from London to the south of France in a private jet were turned away by French police after they landed. French border police were notified on April 4 by the Marseille Provence Airport that an English company wanted to fly a jet from London to Marseille, carrying 10 passengers of Croatian, French, German, Romanian and Ukrainian nationality.

The passengers, seven men between the ages of 40 and 50, and three women who were "around 25," were heading to Cannes, an official with the Marseille Provence Air Border Police told CNN.

France is under a nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus, and foreigners entering French territory need to have an essential reason to do so under emergency rules, such as medical personnel coming as reinforcements for hospital staff, or individuals transporting medical equipment.

Shortly before the Embraer Legacy jet's arrival, three helicopters from a luxury company from the region of Le Var had arrived at the airport, the official said. The trip was organized by a Croatian national working in real estate and finance, the Air Border Police official said, adding that the man had rented the plane and three helicopters, as well as a villa in Cannes. He told authorities he had "a lot of money" and wanted "to just pay a fine and go to Cannes," the official told CNN.

The Air Transport Gendarmerie issued a fine to the three helicopter pilots because they were traveling without a valid reason, the official said, as nonessential trips within France are not allowed amid the coronavirus restrictions. The Border Police could not charge the passengers or the airplane pilots because they hadn't yet legally entered French territory, the Air Border Police official said.

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/private-jet-turned-back-cannes-france/index.html

[hlthe2b]

1. Suck it, wealthy self-entitled a'holes!

[crickets]

2. Yet another "What the heck is WRONG with people?" moment.

Good for France for turning them away.

[MLAA]

3. Assholes

[2naSalit]

4. Another global virus...

Affluenza.

[SWBTATTReg]

5. Ah, the backlash against the wealthy starts. I think that their time in the limelight has ...

come to an end. No longer will be look at these people as being those with the golden touch, and have charmed lives. Now, its literally every man, woman, and child for themselves and those that feel like they are entitled will have to prove themselves to all outside their circle. Amazing that such a disease can bring everyone down to the same level as the rest of us, eh?

[essme]

6. Seven middle aged men, and three young women

Wanted to go to Cannes.

In a pandemic.

I hate people sometimes.

[Baclava]

7. so I got the whole place to myself now? cool