09 October 2023 , 07:27
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A rowdy woman warned cabin crew “I’ll get my boys on you” when she and two other people were kicked off a flight back to the UK.
The plane, bound for Liverpool from Turkey, was forced to divert to Venice, Italy, thanks to the antics of three people. Passengers reported the woman appeared drunk when she boarded in Dalaman and over the course of the flight continued to drink an “orange dilute”. Some people claimed one of the trio, a man, made homophobic comments to cabin crew. When they made a surprise stop in Italy, people cheered when police boarded and hauled them off the easyJet flight.
One woman, who was returning to Liverpool with her partner after a holiday in Marmaris, told the Liverpool Echo: "In the airport, as we went to board the flight, I noticed a guy was really intoxicated walking around and I was hoping he wouldn't be on my flight back, and as luck would have it he was right in front of us on the plane. Someone said he was with his mum, and she was really aggressive. The other guy was saying homophobic comments to the cabin crew; when the male cabin crew went past he was saying 'don't go behind me', and he was holding up his fists. It was wild.
"The guy in front of us seemed to be hallucinating and said he'd been spiked by the other guy with magic. As the flight went on they were passing around an orange dilute in a bottle and drinking it. When things got really bad, the woman slapped someone in the face while we were still on the plane. We think it might have been someone she was with.
"One of them was going 'this is better than Charlie' and sniffing the back of his hand, even though there was nothing there. We saw all these blue lights speeding across the airport. There were four police cars coming towards us. (The woman) was shouting 'I'm being bullied!' but everyone was booing her."
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The pilot had warned over the intercom he would be forced to land the plane should the antisocial behaviour continue. The plane cheered when the group was dragged off and, after being grounded for around an hour in Venice, finally continued home.
Another passenger added: “One was in the row in front of us, and the other two were scattered around the plane, so they were shouting across the plane to each other 'get the drinks in!'. It started off a bit weird, we thought they were a bit drunk and would go to sleep on the plane. But they were passing this orange drink around and before you knew it they were being really aggressive.
"The woman you could hear shouting and swearing down the plane. She was so intoxicated when she got on, she was very red in the face and I thought she looked drunk. They came on very loud, shouting across the plane. It was a real scene. It was actually unbelievable. The captain got on the intercom and said if there's any more antisocial behaviour we're going to land. There was a bit more commotion, an hour passed and suddenly our ears popped. The crew went along and checked the passengers; then we landed in Venice.
"The Italian police got on and they sort of picked (the man) up and took him off. Just before that happened, the woman really kicked off and smacked someone, and was threatening people 'I'm going to get my boys on you'. Police had to get hold of her."
An spokesperson confirmed three people were removed from the plane by police. After its emergency landing, the flight continued on to Liverpool, where it arrived in John Lennon airport around two and a half hours late. They added: "easyJet can confirm that flight EZY3406 from Dalaman to Liverpool yesterday diverted to Venice where the aircraft was met by police due to three passengers behaving disruptively onboard. The flight then continued to Liverpool once the passengers were removed.
cabin crew are trained to assess and evaluate all situations and to act quickly and appropriately to ensure that the safety of the flight and other passengers is not compromised at any time. Whilst such incidents are rare we take them very seriously and do not tolerate disruptive behaviour onboard. The safety and wellbeing of passengers and crew is always easyJet's highest priority.”