Uruguay blames FIFA for World Cup travel chaos as flight to U.S. delayed several hours

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7360822/2026/06/14/uruguay-world-cup-fifa-flight/

Uruguay say FIFA is to blame for a flight from Mexico to Miami being cancelled.

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johan@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 51d

This reminds me of Egypt. They missed the 1930 World Cup (the very first one, in Uruguay) because they were delayed by a storm and missed their boat. Almost 100 years later and apparently logistical things can still go wrong!