The police intervened this Thursday morning when disgruntled passengers, stranded at the national airport since Wednesday, prevented passage to Pier B, which gives access to non-Schengen flights. The information has been confirmed by Brussels Airlines, which says this noon that the blockage has finally been lifted.
“This is a group of 273 travelers who were due to fly from Brussels to Cameroon on Wednesday“says airport spokeswoman Nathalie Pierard.”The plane encountered a technical problem over France and had to return to Brussels Airport. These people therefore had to spend the night at the airport.” According to Didier Lebbe de la CNE, “This is not the first time that there has been damage to these planes.“.
Of the 273 passengers, around 40 did not have a visa allowing them to enter Belgian territory. Brussels Airlines specifies that, exceptionally, a second flight to Douala is scheduled for tomorrow, which should allow all these travelers to reach their final destination this Friday.