World Cup 2010
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DURBAN, South Africa – Soccer fans were left heartbroken on Wednesday when air-traffic chaos allegedly caused by celebrity charter flights caused hundreds of supporters to miss the World Cup semifinal between Spain and Germany.
Durban’s King Shaka International Airport was temporarily shut down in the hours leading up to Wednesday’s game due to an unplanned influx of air traffic traveling from Cape Town, where the first semifinal was held Tuesday night.
The anger of fans was only intensified by claims that delays of more than five hours, plus redirected flights, were caused by the addition of specially chartered services for VIPs. Charlize Theron and Spain’s King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia were among the A-list celebrities who arrived as part of a mass influx of chartered and private jets, according to Colin Naidoo, a spokesman for the Durban airport.