EasyJet pilot forced to abandon takeoff after 30 drunks crash flight

The budget airline said it was taking the incident “very seriously” and said it “does not tolerate abusive or threatening behavior on board”.

Linda Sweeden, a passenger on the flight returning home to Spain, told Bristol Live: “The flight was delayed for 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 rowdy at the gate before boarding the plane and taking the first six rows. Immediately after the safety briefing, one of the group stood up and started shouting: “If you don’t let me go to the toilet, I’m going to go all over the floor!”

One by one, the group began to stand up and demand to go to the bathroom and argue with the stewards.

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Sweden continued: “I don’t know if the flight attendants pressed some kind of button, but suddenly, 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 in the front row and the stewards did really well.”

The large group was then ordered off the plane, however they all decided to leave, resulting in widespread applause once all 30 men had left.

The plane then finally took off and arrived in Malaga two hours after its original scheduled time.

An airline spokesman said: “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 offloaded before the flight continued to Malaga.