Skip to main content

Grand Princess: Foreign Office plans imminent repatriation flight

Cruise
James Chapple
10 March 2020

Dozens of Britons onboard a Princess Cruises ship, held off the coast of California owing to an outbreak of the coronavirus, could be flown home on Tuesday (10 March).

Grand Princess has been allowed to dock in Oakland

Grand Princess has been allowed to dock in Oakland after five days at sea under de facto quarantine after 19 crew members and two guests tested positive for Covid-19.


Guests, including 121 Brits, began disembarking on Monday (9 March) and US authorities expect the process to be completed on Tuesday.


In a statement issued on Monday, the Foreign Office said it was working closely with US authorities to repatriate the British passengers onboard the ship.