マスク拒否で臨時着陸　警告書に大声、２時間遅れ―ピーチ機

　北海道・釧路空港発のピーチ・アビエーション１２６便で、男性客がマスク着用を拒否し、大声を出すなどしたことから、安全確保のため新潟空港に臨時着陸していたことが８日、分かった。トラブルの影響で、目的地の関西空港には２時間１５分遅れで到着した。
　同社によると、騒動があったのは７日午後０時半発の同便。新型コロナウイルス感染予防のため、出発前に男性客にマスクの着用を求めたが、応じなかった。出発後も拒否を続け、客室乗務員が警告書を渡したが大声を出すなどしたため、新潟空港で降ろした。
　機内には他に乗客１２４人がおり、マスクをしていない客がいることを不安視する声も出ていたという。（2020/09/08-21:12）

A Peach Aviation plane has made an unscheduled landing midway through its flight after a male passenger refused to wear a face mask.
   Before the plane's takeoff from Kushiro Airport in Hokkaido, northernmost Japan, at 12:30 p.m. Monday (3:30 a.m. GMT), staff members of the Japanese budget airline affiliated with ANA Holdings Inc. asked the man to wear a mask to prevent the potential spread of the novel coronavirus, sources familiar with the incident said Tuesday. But the passenger refused the request.
   He continued refusing to follow the request for wearing a mask after the departure. The passenger began shouting after flight attendants handed him a warning notice, prompting the plane to make an unplanned stop at Niigata Airport in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, the sources said. The passenger was removed from the flight at the airport to ensure safety, the sources said.
   The plane reached its destination, Kansai International Airport in the western Japan prefecture of Osaka, two hours and 15 minutes later than scheduled due to the incident.
   There were 124 other passengers aboard the flight, and some of them voiced concern over the male passenger refusing to wear a mask, according to the sources.