Flight from Bristol Airport to Malaga delayed after 30 drunken passengers ejected

An easyJet flight at Bristol Airport was delayed after thirty rowdy passengers were disruptive. The flight, bound for Malaga, was already an hour late when the pilot aborted take-off due to the disruptive behavior of a large group of young people.

Police were called to the departure gate after the pilot stopped the plane just before take-off and returned to the terminal. The group of men reportedly refused to be seated and insisted on using the restroom during takeoff.

Passengers had to endure another hour’s delay as unruly passengers took their bags from the plane and were escorted back to the police terminal. A passenger reported that the remaining passengers spontaneously cheered when the last of the disruptive group exited the plane.

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EasyJet said it was taking the incident “very seriously”, stressing that it “does not tolerate abusive or threatening behavior on board”. A passenger told Bristol Live that the group of youths were already causing a disturbance before even boarding the plane.

Linda Sweeden, a passenger returning home to southern Spain from Bristol, described the chaotic scene: “The flight was delayed an hour while I was still waiting in the departure lounge and clearly that gave these guys one more hour to drink,” she. said.

“They were loud at the gate but luckily I was sitting at the back of the plane and they were at the front. There were a lot of them, apart from the first row for the elderly and disabled, they took maybe six. or seven rows at the front of the plane, there were at least 30 of them,” Bristol Live reports.

The situation escalated when the plane started taxiing towards the runway. “Everyone was seated ready to go, we had the safety briefing and the plane was moving to the end of the runway to take off and then suddenly one of the people at the front stood up.

“A steward asked him to sit down and started shouting, so loud it could be heard behind him: ‘If you don’t let me go to the toilet, I’m going all over the earth!’ Linda remembered. “Then another got up and said he wanted to go too, then another, and very quickly about five or six were standing in the aisle, arguing with the stewards, who were telling them to sit down.”

“I don’t know if the flight attendants pressed some kind of button, but all of a sudden, the plane stopped, the engines stopped, and suddenly they all stood up arguing. It must have been really scary for the elderly and disabled people up front. turn, and the stewards did very well,” she added.

The aircraft then resumed its movement, heading back to the departure gate. “The stewards ordered about five or six of these men off, but I don’t know what happened, but they all got up and got off,” she continued.

“As the door closed behind them, there was this great sigh of relief from everyone else, and the captain announced that we would be a little late, but that we would be leaving soon.”

Bystanders observed as baggage handlers were called. They were tasked with removing everyone’s luggage from the plane, and the group being removed had to identify and pick up their luggage before the remaining luggage could be reloaded onto the plane.

“While we were waiting for all this, ironically, people were allowed to go to the toilet – they allowed families with children to go first and then everyone could. I was waiting there for about an hour,” said Linda .

The flight finally took off and arrived in Malaga about two hours later than originally scheduled.

An easyJet spokesperson confirmed they are taking the incident seriously, saying: “easyJet can confirm that flight EZY7004 from Bristol to Malaga on 11 May was grounded due to disruptive behavior by some passengers. The aircraft was met by police and passengers were disembarked ahead. the flight continued to Malaga”.

“Our cabin crew are trained to assess all situations and act quickly and appropriately to ensure that the safety of the flight and other passengers is not compromised at any time.”

“While such incidents are rare, we take them very seriously and do not tolerate abusive or threatening behavior on board. The safety and well-being of passengers and crew is always easyJet’s priority,” they added.