South African Players, Their Families, Match Officials Stranded in Trinidad Airport Ahead of T20 World Cup Final
South Africa will play the T20 World Cup final against India on Saturday
The ongoing T20 World Cup 2024 has already been dealing with tight schedules and logistical challenges. Just before the conclusion of the tournament, another operation issue popped up and left the entire South African team and the match official of the final game in Barbados in trouble.
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According to ESPN Cricinfo, an unwanted incident at the Barbados airport forced the South African players, their families, commentators and match officials stranded at the Trinidad Airport. It was learned that a landing failure of a small private aircraft in Barbados led to the complete closure of the Grantley Adams airport for inspections by the Civil Aviation Authority and the Barbados Police Service.
The Proteas were about to board the flight when the pilot of the aircraft received the information of the runway closure in Bridgetown.
“It appeared that the landing gear of the private aircraft did not deploy, but it is currently on the runway at GAIA [Grantley Adams International Airport] safely,” Sharleen Brown, Corporate Communication Specialist with GAIA, said in a statement, confirming that all three individuals on board – two passengers and a pilot – were unharmed.
Flights to Barbados Rescheduled
Passengers travelling from Trinidad to Barbados were informed about the rescheduling of the flight, amounting to almost six hours of delay.
It wasn’t the first time when a team in the T20 World Cup 2024 went through such a situation. Earlier, Sri Lanka had to spend a whole night at the airport when travelling from Florida to New York. Recently, Afghanistan had their flight delayed before arriving in Trinidad for the first semi-final clash against South Africa.
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South Africa Beat Afghanistan in the Semis
South Africa exorcised their agonising semifinal jinx through an exceptional spell of pace bowling as they walloped an emotionally drained Afghanistan by nine wickets to enter their first-ever T20 World Cup final.
They will face the winners of the second semifinal between India and England in the title clash, but the Afghans will go home with their heads held high after a stirring run in the tournament.
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