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Despite repeated instructions to remain seated during landing, the intoxicated passenger refused to comply, forcing the pilots to abort the descent, circle the airport, and attempt a second landing. A Ryanair flight from Manchester in England to the island of Rhodes in Greece descended into chaos after a drunk passenger sparked a serious onboard disturbance. The situation escalated when the man began shouting at the cabin crew after they confiscated two bottles of alcohol and refused to serve him more drinks.
Despite repeated instructions to remain seated during landing, the passenger refused to comply, forcing the pilots to abort the descent and circle before attempting a second landing. Footage captured by a fellow passenger shows crew members struggling to manage the situation, with one staff member heard firmly shouting, “Sit down, now!" Upon landing safely in Rhodes, local authorities boarded the plane and arrested the unruly passenger. All other travellers were asked to remain seated while the situation was brought under control.
As per New York Post, a passenger named Emily, who filmed the incident said, “The flight was going completely fine until the cabin crew came up to me and my partner at the front of the plane and asked us if we were travelling together and if we could be separated because a little girl needed to come down to the front of plane with her dad because a man was being disruptive. We were together so they asked someone else instead who moved and that’s when I got made aware of this guy being really disruptive at the back of the plane." “The crew had to get two spare seatbelts and tried pinning him down on the seat.
He got out of the seat again. Staff were shouting at him, telling him to sit down and he was squaring up to staff. He had already had two bottles of alcohol confiscated off him.
As we were supposed to come down to land I could hear cabin crew shout at him to sit down. We had to go back up to circle the island until he would sit down again which was quite scary. Once he had landed we all had to stay put while police came up to take him off.
He got taken off on his own. It was eventful," Emily explained. Reportedly, she also mentioned that the airline staff had made a clear announcement before takeoff, warning passengers not to consume alcohol purchased from Duty-Free.
They stated that anyone caught drinking during the flight would face police action upon landing. However, they assured that if passengers agreed to set aside their drinks, no further action would be taken. Following the incident, a Ryanair spokesperson confirmed that the crew had requested police assistance prior to landing due to the passenger’s disruptive behaviour.
Local authorities were waiting at Rhodes Airport when the flight arrived, and the individual was promptly removed from the aircraft. The airline emphasized its zero-tolerance policy toward unruly conduct and stated that it will always take firm action to ensure the safety and comfort of all passengers. The matter is now being handled by local law enforcement.
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