The Pentagon effort to use U.S. airlines to ease crowding at overseas military bases is creating a new bottleneck at Dulles International Airport, where officials take up to 10 hours to process passengers before they can disembark
Chantilly, Va.—The Pentagon effort to use U.S. airlines to ease crowded conditions at overseas military bases is creating a new bottleneck at Dulles International Airport, where planes carryingare stacking up on the tarmac as officials take up to 10 hours to process passengers before they can disembark.
Early signs of a bottleneck were evident on Friday when a jet carrying hundreds of Afghan evacuees sat on the tarmac for nine hours before the passengers were allowed to get off the plane, said a U.S. official. The plane landed midafternoon but evacuees weren’t tested for Covid-19 nor seen by groups supporting their arrival until late evening, the official said.
While waiting for U.S. Customs and Border Protection to allow passengers off, airlines have been passing in supplies like water and food, formula, wipes, diapers and socks and slippers for evacuees who boarded without shoes. Airlines have also been able to refuel to be able to continue running auxiliary power units so air conditioning can remain on.
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