Don’t Fly For Me, Argentina
Argentina's main airport in Buenos Aires was the scene of a riot after the national airline canceled international flights for the second day in a row. The would-be passengers tore the place up pretty badly and hurled objects at airline staff. (The report does not mention any injuries.) The reason for the flight cancellations is a walkout by baggage handlers and ticket agents over wages.
Television images showed damaged ticket counters and broken glass in the main hall of the Aerolineas Argentinas terminal, where passengers angry at delays caused by a baggage handlers strike and a walkout by ticket counter workers shouted down an Aerolineas Argentinas employee and threw objects at him.
The strike for higher wages had sparked delays at the airport in a Buenos Aires suburb since Friday. Several thousand passengers were stranded when Aerolineas Argentinas canceled its flights abroad, according to local media. Phone calls to the airline and airport company went unanswered on Saturday.
The angry mob expresses outrage that airline officials won't show their faces at the airport. Given the flying objects, it really isn't hard to understand why the officials are choosing not to.
World news | Gaius Sunday, 13 January , 2008
By Anthony (Los Angeles), Sunday, 13 January , 2008 @ 9:54 am
Well, at least something was flying there.