Real people who stuck in the airport for months

6/21/2019

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Society Story: Real people who stuck in the airport for months

Everyone has had at least one flight delay or a long connecting flight. However there are people who due to different circumstances have to stay in an airport for several months or years. They are stuck in the airport transit zone and don’t have an opportunity to go out and get some fresh air.

#1 Mehran Nasseri

This Iranian man lived in Charles de Gaulle Airport for 18 years. According to his story, he was expelled from Iran for protests and decided to get residence permit in Great Britain as one of his parents was British. However, his documents were lost and he stuck in the airport as he refused to sign the papers for residency in France.

#2 Denis Luiz de Souza

Denis has been living in the International Airport of Brazil since 2000. Interestingly, he wasn't going anywhere. He chose the airport as a place to escape from his family problems. Airport workers claim that he lives in his own world and needs psychological treatment and care.

#3 Sanjay Shah

This man spent 13 months in Duty-Free zone of Nairobi's international airport. Before his flight to the UK, he renounced his Kenyan citizenship. When he arrived at Heathrow airport with a UK overseas citizen passport, immigration officials didn't allow him to enter the UK with his UK overseas citizen passport. He was forced to return to Nairobi. Sanjay Shah preferred to stay in the airport as he was afraid he would be arrested. In 13 months he received his full UK passport and returned to the UK.

#4 Hassan Al Kontar

Hassan Al Kontar wasn't allowed to board on his flight to Ecuador and had to live in the transit section of the Malaysian airport for more than 8 months. He was not allowed to enter Cambodia, Ecuador, Malaysia and Turkey. He didn't want to return home to Syria as he knew he would be forced to fight. Hassan Al Kontar landed at Vancouver International Airport as a permanent resident of Canada.

#5 Feng Zhenghu

A Chinese human rights activist had been denied entry into China after his visit to Tokyo. He spent 86 days at Tokyo airport and after 8 attempts Chinese authorities allowed him in.

#6 Eissa Muhamad

Eissa Muhamad was expelled from Israel where he stayed for 8 years illegally. Ethiopia, his country of origin, refused to take him back. He took several attempts to enter either of these countries. However, all of them failed. His problem still remains unresolved.

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18 Comments

ninakamwene

As the world turns in international travel. I was stuck at Nairobi International Airport, my native Kenya trying to come back to America, now my legal home, for 12 hours, and I thought that was hell. How bizarre living at the airport for months and years. Wow.

Sue Gembrini-Spataro

So that movie Tom Hanks made at least 15 years ago was t far off base. It does happen.

lls

...used to see a lot of homeless people living at the Newark International Airport in New Jersey, back in the 80's...many were crippled with crutches. Broke your heart.

Lynda Daley

We were stuck at the Kathmandu airport after the earthquake in 2015, only there for about 24 hours, that was bad enough. I wouldn't want to stay more than a couple of hours usually,

Joris van Pelt

See Tom Hanks in the movie "The Terminal"

Chrissy Krainock Luders

You would meet interesting people.

Chrissy Krainock Luders

Sue Gembrini-Spataro, it was based on a true story.

Fred Zeb Fudpucker

Obviously there are places to sleep, fliers do it quite often. Also there are places to buy food but how long would your cash hold out and/or sooner or later you must have to pay a ccard bill or they would soon refuse to honor your charges. I would think you would need aiding and abetting from someone to live for years at even the largest of airports. Plus security would likely show you the exit door after a while. LOL

Lynda Baird

All men,,,I wonder why!

Ian Swindale

Being stuck at Gatwick airport for 2 days pales into insignificance against these people. In my case it was thick fog where I wanted to go - back home to Jersey which was my home at that time. Thankfully as I was a very frequent flyer with BA I was at least allowed to use their lounges. No matter the reason, being stuck against your will is no fun.

Kishin Hingorani

this is extremely pitiable circumstances to spend life this and no one to care about.

Raymond Wake

Remarkably insane. WHAT a place of confinement.

tdelisi

Stuck in Tulsa, Oklahoma for a 2 hour layover. Never again.

lifeofamissionary

Had to stay n Mumbai airport 3 days n also 3 days n Germany airport because of a buddy pass trying to get a flight out

Shirley Glennon

i was stuck in Paris for about 18 hours a few years ago on my way to Bogota I eventually found a flight which took me to Sao Paolo in Brazil .That was when they lost my luggage .I eventually got it back 15 days later broken but the contents were complete !