Posted on 01/03/2022 8:23:16 AM PST by canuck_conservative
The Friday evening Air Canada flight took off close to 9 p.m., more than three hours after it was supposed to leave. Social media posts suggest an unruly Russian squad smoking and refusing to wear masks on the plane are to blame.
The Calgary Police Service confirmed officers responded alongside airport security due to an incident caused by players and staff members of the Russian team. Police stated the whole flight was deplaned as officers dealt with the incident. The Russian and Czech teams weren’t allowed back on....
Czech team manager Otakar Černý denied his team was involved in the disturbance, saying it was caused by the Russian squad alone. He said his team was likely roped in with the Russians by the flight crew due to the similarity of their sweatshirts, the only difference being the wordmarks....
Agatha Smykot, a passenger on the plane, spoke to Postmedia after arriving in Europe on Saturday afternoon. She said shortly after boarding the plane, flight attendants raced up to two passengers — who Smykot believed to be coaches or managers of the Russian team — telling one he couldn’t smoke on the plane and advising him of the mask mandate. The other man then began blaring what Smykot described as Russian rock music from his phone....
“I’ve had a quick peek and it looks like Canada hasn’t allowed smoking on airplanes since like the 1980s. It shouldn’t have been news to this gentleman,” she said....
(Excerpt) Read more at calgaryherald.com ...
too often!
In Russia, the airplane is likely to kill you before the smoking ever does, so why not smoke on the plane?
The Czechs have long memories.
Air Canada later apologised to the Czech team and assured them their flight out would be without the Russians on board
Air Canada later apologised to the Czech team and assured them their flight out would be without the Russians on board
Cold War On Ice: How Czechoslovakia’s Hockey Team Avenged Soviet Invasion 50 Years Ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzkWyE2YXSo
I hope Russia invades Canada and teaches them a lesson.
Because it makes so much sense to eliminate a buffer.
Canada is a dainty fem-ocracy. Bet it was funny to watch the panicking stewardesses trying to deal with actual throwback males.
So very true . . .
After seeing the title, I was expecting to read about a brawl between the two teams.
Russian trash once more.
Only you...well, and me as I was about to post Dave’s sign. :-)
I guess they’ll have to take a bus instead of flying. /S
When the Red Army team left the ice because the Flyers were hitting them, the Philly crowd started chanting “They’re going home!...They’re going home!”
IIRC Ed Van Impe’s exact words “He skated into my elbow.” :-)
‘IIRC Ed Van Impe’s exact words “He skated into my elbow.” :-)’
good ol’ Ed Van Impe...
‘they won’t let you even hit a guy anymore...’
Ever hear of Cuba? It’s only a few miles from Florida. No buffer anywhere.
110 miles of ocean patrolled by the US Navy kinda sorta looks like a bit of a barrier/buffer to me, but you obviously know better the capabilities of that group of swabbies.
Great video.
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