A couple from the UK were lucky to get home today after they were trapped in Italy after a nationwide lockdown was issued due to the coronavirus outbreak. <br /><br />Captured this morning (March 11) at Leonardo da Vinci International Airport in Rome travellers were greeted at security by police, who asked where passengers were travelling to. <br /><br />The couple were set to leave Rome yesterday but British Airways cancelled their flight. They were able to return to Gatwick this morning via Vueling airlines.<br /><br />Footage shows the duty-free section of the airport shut, while the terminal is scarce of passengers, with some wearing masks.<br /><br />The filmer told Newsflare: "We changed flight just an hour later than planned from the original BA.<br /><br />"[We were] being asked where we’re flying to.<br /><br />"People are avoiding using their hands for everything though!"<br /><br />They later said the situation was a "weird and stressful time," but they are now home safe.
