Mass brawl breaks out 30,000 feet
in the sky on Ryanair, prompting emergency landing: ‘flight from hell’
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Published July 8, 2024, 3:12 a.m. ET
A “mass brawl” between passengers
onboard a Ryanair “flight from hell” caused the pilot to make an emergency
landing after taking off in a seemingly never-ending chaotic scene ignited by a
man asking to switch his seat.
The London Stansted Airport-bound
flight departed from Agadir, Morocco, on Wednesday when the chaos erupted at
30,000 feet in the air, the Sun reported.
Startling video obtained by the outlet shows passengers screaming at each other from across the plane as panic-stricken airline staff try their best to calm the unhinged travelers.
The chaos unfolded on Ryanair about half an hour after takeoff when the
plane was 30,000 feet in the sky.The SunsVolume
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Tensions began festering before
takeoff when a man in his late 20s reportedly asked a woman sitting with her
daughter if he could take her seat to be with his wife and kids.
The woman allegedly refused to make the switch, which prompted the unhinged man to start threatening her, the Sun reported.
Unaware of the tensions simmering
in the cabin, Ryanair pilots took off as scheduled.
Once the plane reached its
cruising altitude and the seat belt sign was turned off, the husband of the
female passenger asked to move — a man in his 30s — reportedly came to his
wife’s defense, triggering the mayhem.
“They were trying to punch each
other,” an anonymous 36-year-old passenger told the outlet.
“One of the families was part of a larger group, so other passengers started to join in. Then a lady in the row behind started to have a panic attack because of everything going on. She was screaming and there were kids crying. It was like a snowball effect.”
Tensions began festering before takeoff when a man in his late 20s
reportedly asked a woman sitting with her daughter if he could take her seat to
be with his wife and kids.The Sun
The flight was only in the air
for “36 minutes” when the plane was forced to make the “unexpected landing,”
said the unnamed passenger, described only as a finance worker from
Hertfordshire, UK.
“It was so stressful. It was like
the flight from hell. And it all escalated from that one passenger wanting to
change seats,” he said.
Things became so chaotic that a
male passenger allegedly fell ill during the madness, and the cabin crew had to
administer him oxygen before landing, according to the Sun.
The Ryanair flight landed in
Marrakech, Morocco, where police boarded the aircraft, detained nine passengers
involved in the fight and removed them
The flight was only in the air for “36 minutes” when the plane was
forced to make the “unexpected landing,” said the unnamed passenger, described
only as a finance worker from Hertfordshire, UK.The Sun
The male passenger who fell ill
was treated by medics, who deemed him unfit to fly.
But he refused to disembark the
plane and began losing his cool — allegedly becoming abusive toward the cabin
crew.
“They think I’m a terrorist.
That’s why they’re bringing the whole army here to take me down,” the man can
be heard shouting in a clip obtained by the Sun.
“Give me my f–king bag. I will
whack your jaw, bruv.”
Passengers were heard pleading
with the man to get off the plane, but he refused to listen.
Police again had to board the
aircraft to remove the crazed passenger.
The male passenger who fell ill was deemed unfit to fly, but he refused
to disembark the plane and began losing his cool.ZUMAPRESS.com
It took over two hours for the
chaos to subside.
Unfortunately for the 200
remaining passengers, the Ryanair crew had reached their maximum flying hours
because of the ordeal.
The passengers were bused to a
local hotel for the night and booked onto a flight the following morning.
However, the morning flight was
also canceled, and the passengers did not arrive at Stansted Airport until
Thursday evening, the outlet reported.
Upon their arrival, the
passengers were filmed booing Ryanair’s cabin crew, a video shared by the Sun
shows.
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