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Edition 267
ALEX TRELINSKI
TOURISTS TRAPPED
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British couple were trapped in their motorhome after it careered off a notorious Costa Blanca blackspot road, with the drama unfolding on Wednesday lunchtime on the N-332 in the Santa Pola area. The 71-year-old disabled driver, who had the vehicle specially adapted because he’s a paraplegic, was travelling with his 69year-old wife when their motorhome came off the road and went into the salt lake. Firefighters from Elche
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Friday 15th April 2016
Park rescued the couple by creating a makeshift bridge over the water by using a ladder. The injured Brits, who were travelling with their dog in their British registered motorhome, a were then taken to Elche General Hospital, with initial reports suggesting that they suffered bruising and possible fractures. The Guardia Civil said that no other vehicle was involved in the incident, which happened around noon.
FLYING HIGH
ig passenger rises for Alicante-Elche airport continued last month with a 25 percent increase in users in March compared to a year earlier. Over 837 thousand people travelled via the facilities at El Altet, with over five thousand nine hundred flights last month, up by a quarter on the same period in 2015. Some of the increases would have been accounted by Easter being earlier this year, but the rising figures are in tandem with 20 percent rises over the first two months of 2016. UK travellers accounted for 333 thousand passengers in March, followed by
Germany in a distant second with 62 thousand, and Holland third with 51 thousand. So far for 2016, just over two million passengers have used Alicante-Elche airport, with an overall rise of 22 percent on the returns for last year, as the facility is well set for a massive record-breaking year. Meanwhile more flights and an earlier Easter, saw San Javier airport record a 71 percent increase on the March returns compared to 2015, but still very modest compared to Alicante-Elche, with 51 thousand passengers using the Murcia regional facility.