Elated passengers were heard chanting ‘cheerio!’ to a pair of customers who were kicked off an EasyJet flight which was forced to divert and make an unplanned stop due to their allegedly strident behavior last night.
EasyJet flight EZY3165 from Glasgow to Hurghada, Egypt, abandoned its flight route last night and landed in the Greek city of Heraklion after a couple reportedly got into a heated argument with other passengers.
Flight tracking data shows how the flight continued past mainland Greece over the Mediterranean before turning around and landing in Heraklion.
The pair are seen being removed from the front of the plane in footage filmed and shared on social media by another passenger.
Other customers dissatisfied with the scale began to cheer before most of the booth burst into chants of ‘cheerio!’ and began applauding the officers who escorted the couple off the flight.
Passengers are seen standing as the officer boards the plane in Heraklion to remove two rowdy customers.
A police officer is seen standing in the hallway as his colleagues begin to lead a couple out.
Customers dissatisfied with the scale began to cheer before most of the booth burst into chants of ‘cheerio!’ and began applauding the officers who escorted the couple off the flight.
The pair are seen being removed from the front of the plane in footage filmed and shared on social media by another passenger.
Flight tracking data shows how the flight continued past mainland Greece over the Mediterranean before turning around and landing in Heraklion.
A statement from easyJet said: “EasyJet can confirm that flight EZY3165 from Glasgow to Hurghada on 29 April was diverted to Heraklion, where the aircraft was met by police due to two passengers engaging in disruptive behavior on board” (photo easyJet Airbus archive)
One traveler said of the couple’s behaviour: ‘It was horrible. They argued with other passengers for half an hour before the crew intervened.
“They were verbally abusing and threatening the cabin crew… They told the woman to sit on the tannoy seven times as we landed, but she kept getting up,” said Michael McLennan, a British tourist. Mirror.
The couple in question was detained by Greek police after being removed from the flight.
The easyJet Airbus A320-251N continued towards its original destination and landed in Hurghada at 0:24am local time this morning.
A statement from easyJet said: “EasyJet can confirm that flight EZY3165 from Glasgow to Hurghada on 29 April was diverted to Heraklion, where the plane was met by police due to two passengers engaging in disruptive behavior on board.
‘The flight then continued to Hurghada once the passengers were removed.
‘EasyJet cabin crew are trained to assess and evaluate all situations and act quickly and appropriately to ensure that the safety of the flight and other passengers is not compromised at any time.
‘Although these incidents are rare, we take them very seriously and do not tolerate disruptive behavior on board.
“The safety and well-being of passengers and crew is always easyJet’s top priority.”
It comes weeks after a flight from Manchester to Turkey was forced to divert to Serbia after an unruly passenger caused chaos on board.
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Footage taken and shared on social media by shocked customers showed how a man appeared to shout at another passenger, pointing his finger and shouting profanities.
A woman can be heard barking and the pair went back and forth, with the volume and aggression increasing as other passengers tried in vain to calm the situation.
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It is unclear to what extent the argument escalated, but another clip filmed once the plane was on the tarmac in Belgrade showed police bursting into the cabin to take away one of the passengers.
A struggle ensued and footage shows police officers throwing the unruly passenger to the ground before dragging him out of the cabin door.
Belgrade is more than 700 miles from Dalaman and the detour caused a two-hour delay.
SunExpress said: ‘Our flight XQ505, which was scheduled from Manchester to Dalaman on April 9, had to be diverted to Belgrade due to an unruly passenger.
‘Upon arrival, local police removed the passenger from the plane and the plane continued to Dalaman after the passenger disembarked.
“The safety of our passengers and crew is SunExpress’ top priority.”