Drunk Flight Passenger Gets Aggressive, Screams Expletives At Crew, Plane Diverted
A drunk airline passenger was caught on camera hurling expletive-laden rant at cabin crew. The easyJet plane from Blackpool, Lancashire was heading to Agadir, Morocco when the woman passenger became abusive in-flight following which the aircraft was forced to divert Sunday, Mail Online reported.
Witnesses said the woman started becoming abusive and the pilot was forced to divert. After it landed in Casablanca and waited on the tarmac she was filmed arguing with the air steward.
The woman branded an air steward a "boring c---" and shouted: "I've done f------ nothing wrong."
She was eventually removed from the plane for her behavior. The footage of the incident was recorded by a co-passenger.
In the expletive-laden rant, the woman shouts at the air steward: "You are out of order. You are f------- out of order." Another passenger responded to her saying: "Get off the plane, the police are coming. You need to get off the plane."
The woman says: "I ain't f------- going out there." To which an air steward replied: "Well you need to."
She then responds: 'Why? For what? For having a f------- good time because you are all boring c-----?
But the steward hit back: "We are not boring. I was keeping in control of my cabin. Get to the front. Get to the front."
The passenger who filmed the incident said: "It was really horrible to be on a flight mid-air with someone being so aggressive."
The entire incident started when a mother-daughter duo, who had been drinking alcohol, began arguing with the men who were with them.
"When the cabin crew told them to calm down it all kicked off. The daughter was being really aggressive too. One of the cabin crew said he was kicked by one of them," the co-passenger said. "After the daughter launched into the rant - which was littered with four letter words - the pilot decided to divert and eject both women."
The diversion to Casablanca added three hours to the flight journey.
"Although it was annoying to be diverted, the pilot did the right thing. The cabin crew had tried everything to calm the women down but nothing worked. She was out of control," the witness said. "I presume they were arrested when they got off the plane. Everyone was incredibly relieved to see them go."
Getting drunk and becoming abusive on an aircraft is an offense under U.K. Aviation laws and has a maximum sentence of two years' imprisonment, Mail Online reported.
"EasyJet can confirm that flight EZY1905 from Manchester to Agadir on 20 January was diverted to Casablanca as a result of three passengers behaving disruptively onboard after consuming their own alcohol," an airline representative said. "For the safety of all on board it is prohibited for passengers to drink alcohol purchased at the airport during the flight."
"EasyJet's crew are trained to assess and evaluate all situations and to act quickly and appropriately as they did on this occasion to ensure that safety of passengers is not compromised at any time. The safety and wellbeing of passengers and crew is always easyJet's priority," the spokesperson said, adding "Whilst such incidents are rare, we take them very seriously, do not tolerate abusive or threatening behaviour onboard and always push for prosecution."
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