Daily Mail - 12.08.2019

Daily Mail, Monday, August 12, 2019 Page 27

Nora had no shoes on

‘Kiss and f ly’ parking

fees surging at airports

Nora was born with a disorder

that means she struggles with

everyday tasks. Police are wor-

ried how long she can survive in

the warm and humid environ-

ment, with dangerous animals.

Her family are considering

offering a reward for informa-

tion and the local police have

set up a hotline.

Nora had gone to sleep

upstairs with her siblings after

the family arrived at the 12-acre

Dusun resort on August 3.

She was discovered missing

by her father Sebastien at

around 8am and a downstairs

door was wide open.

Sources confirmed she had no

shoes with her at the time of

her disappearance and she was

wearing nightclothes.

The resort is at the foothills of

the Titiwangsa Mountains and

borders the Berembun Forest

Reserve, 39 miles south of the

capital Kuala Lumpur.

Nora’s family say it is ‘unthink-

able’ that she left on her own,

given her vulnerability.

Malaysian police yesterday

said they had checked 30 local

properties and spoken to the

owners of neighbouring resorts,

but one nearby proprietor said

they had yet to be contacted.

Volunteers yesterday handed

out 10,000 posters featuring a

photo of Nora in Kuala Lumpur

and surrounding areas. They

were printed by the Lucie

Blackman Trust, a missing per-

sons charity that has been

working with the family.

As searches continued in the

jungle police said they would

not to give up. An exhausted

Mrs Quoirin, 45, held back

tears as her husband rubbed

her arm. She said: ‘We know

you’re searching night and day

for Nora. We see you working

so hard and also praying with

us and being with us.

‘To be with us here, it means

the world to us. We are so grate-

ful for everything you are doing,

everyone who is helping.’

The Irish-French couple, who

have lived in London for 20

years, are staying in the resort

with their two other children

and family members who have

flown in to help.

Nora was born with a small

brain caused by Patau’s syn-

drome, limiting her speech,

movement and coordination.

Mohamad Mat Yusop, chief of

Negeri Sembilan state police

where the resort is, yesterday

said: ‘We have never had a miss-

ing case like this before.’

Nora’s father, a data analysis

salesman, met the deputy

inspector general of Malaysia’s

police force yesterday, who

offered his support.

FEARS over the safety of Nora

Quoirin grew last night after it

emerged she was barefoot at the

time of her disappearance in the

Malaysian jungle.

Scotland Yard, the National Crime

Agency and Interpol are now

involved in the search to find the

London schoolgirl.

And Ireland’s police force – Garda Sio-

chana – has sent a liaison officer to Kuala

Lumpur to assist, it emerged last night.

The 15-year-old vanished more than a

week ago after arriving at a remote eco-

resort with her family for a two-week

holiday. Authorities in Malaysia had not

found any clues yesterday as the dense

terrain search entered its eighth day.

From Mario Ledwith in Malaysia

Missing: Nora with her mother Meabh Search: Malaysian Civil Defence Force looking for the 15-year-old with special needs

By James Salmon

Transport Editor

FouR out of five uK

airports have increased

charges for drivers dropping

off or collecting passengers

this summer, a study found.

Eighteen of the 22 airports

analysed have introduced or

raised drop-off or pick-up fees,

the RAC investigation found.

‘Kiss and fly’ charges – typi-

cally levied for dropping off

someone as close to the termi-

nal as possible – have increased

at eight airports compared with

last year.

Stansted and Luton have the

most expensive initial drop-off

charges, at £4 for ten minutes

and 13 minutes respectively.

Manchester charges the most

per minute, with drivers getting

only five minutes for £3.

East Midlands, Birmingham,

Doncaster-Sheffield and New-

castle all added £1 to their min-

imum drop-off charges. Six air-

ports continue to allow free

drop-offs, including Heathrow

and Gatwick.

Many airports offer short-

term car parks for pick-ups so

drivers can leave their vehicles

and greet passengers at the

arrivals area.

Stansted, in Essex, increased

its prices for this type of park-

ing the most, with a £2.50 rise

to £8 for half an hour. This puts

it level with Luton for the most

expensive pick-up fee.

Birmingham is the third cost-

liest, at £5.50 for an hour.

The hefty fees were exposed

by the Daily Mail in May. Stan-

sted charges drivers dropping

off a loved one £25 if they stay

for more than 15 minutes.

RAC spokesman Simon Wil-

liams said motorists dropping

off or collecting family or friends

are ‘often left wincing’ at the

prices charged.

Some airports offer cheaper

rates or even no charge for

using car parks further from the

terminal, which often requires a

shuttle bus connection.

A spokesman for trade body

the Airport operators Associa-

tion said: ‘Airports that operate

drop-off charges directly out-

side the terminal do so for a

number of reasons, including to

manage congestion and to limit

the environmental impacts of

kiss and fly journeys.’

‘A truck was

heard at 3am’

investigate a report that a truck

was heard at 3am on the night

that Nora vanished.

The search involved 296 peo-

ple yesterday, and police will

review its scale on Thursday. A

source said that authorities

could keep the search going

for 40 days, given that it con-

cerns a visitor to the country.

Nora’s parents, Meabh and

Sebastien Quoirin, appeared

on camera on Saturday to

thank searchers and beg them

15-year-old ‘was

barefoot’ when

she vanished in

Malaysia jungle