Reggae Girlz stranded amid Sangster runway closure
Published:Thursday | August 10, 2023 | 12:20 PM
Members of the Reggae Girlz team are among passengers who have been left stranded because of the temporary closure of the runway at the Sangster International Airport in St James.
Four members of the delegation were expected to arrive at 1 p.m. on Thursday on a United Airlines flight from Newark Airport in the United States. However, their flight is now scheduled to depart on Friday at 6 a.m.
A flight from Houston with other members of the team is also cancelled and will depart at 6 a.m. on Friday.
The members of the team are returning home following their participation in the FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia where they created history.
In a group that included France and Brazil, they sent the latter home en route to becoming the first Caribbean nation in tournament history to advance to the round of 16.
However, Jamaica were edged 1-0 by Colombia in their knockout round encounter.
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