EXCLUSIVE: Passengers cheer as ‘drunk’ woman is dragged off Ryanair flight to Canary Islands after causing mayhem and her partner told traveller ‘let’s take it outside’ while mid-flight
- Woman ‘became drunk and abusive’ on Stansted Airport to Fuerteventura flight
- Her partner told concerned passenger to ‘take it outside’ while in mid-flight
- Airport police quickly took her off plane after landing in Spain to cheers from passengers
A drunk passenger and her partner had to be forcibly removed from a holidaymakers flight to Spain after shouting at passengers.
The unnamed woman was caught on video shouting at Spanish guards and resisting attempts to be removed after the Ryanair plane landed at Fuerteventura.
The footage shows a Spanish civil guard forcing the woman from her seat as she shouts ‘I don’t need an ambulance’ at them.
The other annoyed passengers can be heard cheering when she is finally held and dragged out by her arms.
Rahma Salmin, 22, a student from Milton Keyes said she was woken by the sounds of the woman screaming as the plane started its descent.
‘There was a drunk couple on our flight from Stansted Airport to Fuerteventura.
‘I was sleeping and woke up to the woman screaming.
‘She was drunk and not listening to the air hostess so another passenger nearby asked her to calm down and this escalated to an argument.’
The flight, which left Stansted Airport at 6.20am, had been quiet up until the last 20 minutes when someone behind the woman had asked her to calm down.
The drunk woman began to argue with the other passenger, when flight attendants had to intervene and asked someone sitting next to her to move ‘for their own safety’.
Ms Salmin, who was travelling alone, said: ‘I was sitting six rows back. The noise from her went on for a really long time and one point the person with her turned to the passenger trying to calm the situation down and said “let’s take it outside”.
‘The passenger said “what do you mean, we’re in the air – how is that possible?”.
During the flight, the woman’s partner turn to a passenger trying to calm the situation down and apparently said “let’s take it outside”.
At one point, Ms Salmin was concerned the woman was ‘getting physical’ as the plane descended.
As soon as the plane landed, Spanish Civil Guards came on board to remove the passenger at which point everyone on board began clapping and cheering.
‘She was such a headache,’ said Ms Salmin.
‘It was a bit funny at first but then I was worried she might get physical.
The woman is finally removed to cheers from the cabin as a civil guard has a stern word with the woman’s partner
‘They have a very serious word with her partner but I don’t know what happened to him after that.
‘We saw the woman sitting outside in the airport crying.’
The flight was only delayed by 20 minutes, after which the pilot gave his apologies for the disruptive passenger.
Ryanair have been contacted for comment but were unavailable.
The airline’s policy states that crew may take measures deemed ‘reasonably necessary’ to restrain passengers under the influence of alcohol who become disruptive during a flight.
Passengers may also be disembarked and refused onward carriage at any point, and may be prosecuted for offences committed on board the aircraft.