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It’s quite common knowledge by now that Maltese roads suffered from a massive traffic jam last Monday, with drivers reporting having been stuck in their vehicles for over 3 hours after a long day’s work. However, it has been revealed that around 30 people missed their flights to due to these crazy traffic jams. A post uploaded to Facebook by Lara Grima Baldacchino recounts how what would have been a short trip by car turned into a 90-minute standstill. Grima Baldacchino, who lives in Siggiewi, alleged how despite leaving her home at 5 pm to be at the airport by 5:20 pm, they could not make it due to the traffic.
Them leaving at around 5:00 pm would have given them enough time to check in before the flight with Turkish Airways departed for Dubai at 7:55 pm. She described how despite this, they encountered a ‘national crisis’ on the road. They decided to abandon the taxi in Mqabba, preferring to walk it with their 23 kilo luggage and hand luggage. They weren’t the only ones opting for this, as she allegedly saw 25 others doing the same.
This was all in vain however as, upon arrival to the check-in desk, Turkish Airlines closed its check-in desk an hour before the flight, as it normally does. The passengers were left of course devastated, highlighting how the flights were not missed due to negligence and that the traffic jams made national news. They could have easily allowed them on the flight, Baldacchino claimed. They were offered a later flight, but their PCR tests would have expired by then, being offered instead an open ticket until May 2022.
With PN MP Toni Bezzina posting photos of people walking towards the airport with their luggage on his social media, he claimed that road widening projects costing Malta millions failed miserably. Maltese Roads Traffic Updates stated that the main road to Hal Farrug was closed following an oil spill, but the MP highlighted how traffic remains the order of the day.
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Photo Source: Toni Bezzina FB