During the global IT outage on Friday, tens of thousands of passengers were also stranded at airports in Italy. Of all the people, Transport Minister Matteo Salvini was able to leave Rome’s Fiumicino airport for Milan with only a short delay.
While most flights from Rome-Fiumicino were cancelled between noon and 12:00, the plane of the Italian airline ITA Airways with Salvini and other politicians on board was able to leave, albeit about an hour later than planned.
“How is that possible?”
Opposition parties PD and AVS announce parliamentary questions about Salvini’s flight. “How is it possible that, while thousands of citizens are experiencing inconvenience, the plane with the Minister of Transport on board is leaving as planned?”, asked Italian Green Party leader Angelo Bonelli.
Salvini’s right-wing ruling party Lega responded that the minister had already booked the flight from Rome to Milan in economy class on Thursday evening. “Today’s inconveniences were clearly unforeseeable,” the Lega stressed. Salvini threatened to sue those who would accuse him of privileges.
Salvini’s flight was not the only one
ITA Airways said in a statement that a total of 12 planes took off from Rome-Fiumicino during the same period as Salvini’s flight, between 12:00 and 15:00.
In addition, twelve of the fourteen planned flights departed from Rome-Fiumicino to Milan-Linate on Friday.
Source: Krone
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