More penalties for passengers from rowdy Cancun party flight

New penalties have been issued against some of the passengers who made headlines for their raucous behavior on a chartered flight from Montreal, Canada, to Cancun, Mexico, just before New Year's Eve last year. Omar Alghabra, Canada's minister of transport and MP for Mississauga Centre, announced a new series of penalties to passengers on the December 30 Sunwing Airlines flight for noncompliance with vaccination rules and not wearing a mask. "There are consequences for those who break the rules! We have issued a new series of 6 penalties, up to $5,000, to travellers on the Dec 30 flight to Cancun. 5 penalties for non-compliance w/ vaccination rules & 1 penalty for not wearing a mask. 12 penalties so far. More to come!," Alghabra said in a tweet Monday. On March 8, Alghabra issued penalties against the first six passengers who were not fully vaccinated when they boarded their flight, according to a news release from Transport Canada. The agency said penalties could reach a maximum of $5,000 each (about US $3,970). Members of the rowdy group shown in videos dancing, drinking and vaping maskless aboard the flight to Cancun found themselves stranded in Mexico in early January after their return flight to Canada was scrubbed and other airlines declined to fly them home. <br/>