Stranded NY Guyanese finally take off

Guyanese passengers stranded by Caribbean Airlines at JFK International Airport for days, this afternoon finally got on a plane but only after blocking a departure gate for a flight where mostly Trinidadians were heading to Port-of-Spain.

The protest by the over 200 Guyanese passengers had an impact as CAL later announced that 190 of them would be flown straight to Georgetown this afternoon while the Trinidadians would have to wait for a later flight. The Guyanese began boarding the plane around 1.50 pm today. But