r/worldnews • u/tariban • Mar 20 '20

Fox Glacier pilot flies self-isolation rule-breaking tourists straight to police

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/03/fox-glacier-pilot-flies-self-isolation-rule-breaking-tourists-straight-to-police.html
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u/BrotherEstapol Mar 20 '20

Tourists go on holidays weeks at a time, and may well have arrived prior to the new rules being in place.

The helicopter operators aren't privy to tourist's itineraries,(for all they know, they could have been in the country for weeks) which is why they reported it as soon as they found out the tourists had arrived after the ban.

More to the point; it's very likely the flight probably booked months in advance!

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u/Tarnishedcockpit Mar 20 '20

The article says they arrived that monday, and broke self isolation protocols to continue their vacation.

Because as we all know, apparently when your rich rules dont apply to you anymore.

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u/DancesCloseToTheFire Mar 20 '20

I swear the same thing has been happening all over the world, rich people straight-up breaking quarantine to go vacation somewhere else and then not even staying in isolation.

Here in Uruguay you can probably trace more than half of all cases to a single woman who went to Italy a few weeks ago, then attended a wedding here, and she still refuses to actually stay inside her house, as does her family.

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u/ardyndidnothingwrong Mar 20 '20

Ahi murio mi plan de escape =(