Wales fans’ Montenegro flight from Cardiff grounded after bird strike

Wales fans Richard Grigg had been due to travel on the flight to Podgorica in Montenegro from Cardiff Airport, following Wales’ 0-0 game against Turkey at Cardiff City Stadium on Friday evening.

“We received a message at half time during the game last night telling us not to travel to the airport, and advising us to go home,” he said.

“We’re waiting for them to let us know if they’ve arranged a flight and, otherwise, we’ll need to look at other options.

“We’ve paid for this flight with Wonky Sheep and we’d rather get a direct flight from Cardiff. Otherwise we’ll need to travel to London.”

Some fans “haven’t waited and they’ve paid for a different flight from Heathrow”, he added.

“It’s frustrating having to wait for updates and we’d like to know one way or another so we can think of another plan.”