‘Drunk’ Brit pulled off Ryanair flight by police after refusing to sit down down
A drunk airline passenger sparked chaos onboard a Bristol-bounded flight as he rowed with cabin crew and fellow passengers which forced the pilot to circle the airport before he could land
Intoxicated Passenger at Bristol Airport
A drunk passenger wrestled with cops after he forced the pilot to circle the airport – because he refused to sit down for landing. Shocking video shows a female police officer tell him “don’t raise your fist at me” during the tussle.
The passenger can be heard slurring his words as he swears at the officers and bizarrely asks them “are you from the Labour party?” when they tell him to mind his language. The female officer then asks if he’d like her to help him stand up before chaos breaks out.
The rowdy traveller was seen in flipping the bird at fellow passenger Kacper Bujak, who filmed the footage as the Ryanair flight from Kraków came to land at Bristol on Tuesday, November 11.
The man is seen swearing, arguing with cabin crew and fighting security staff as they tried to restrain him. The row escalates as the man grows increasingly irate, branding the officers ‘scumbags’ and ‘bang out of order’ as they cuff him.
Kacper said the same man had caused havoc on the outbound flight the Sunday before after being seen drinking heavily, swearing and behaving inappropriately towards a young woman seated nearby. He also disrupted border control upon arrival in Kraków.
On the return journey, the man initially appeared calmer and even greeting Bujak by asking: “Do you remember me?” But after drinking on board, his behaviour quickly spiralled, he told the Daily Mail.
When passengers pleaded with him to quieten down because children were on the flight, he started further arguments with them and then as the plane near Bristol to land, he refused repeated orders to sit and forced the pilot to abandon the approach.
The video ends as passengers disembark, but Bujak said police spent more than an hour trying to haul the man off the plane, delaying the aircraft’s next scheduled departure back to Kraków.
A Ryanair spokesperson said: “Crew on this flight from Krakow to Bristol (11 Nov) called ahead for police assistance after an individual passenger became disruptive. Police met the aircraft upon arrival at Bristol and removed this disruptive passenger.
“Ryanair has a strict zero tolerance policy towards passenger misconduct and will continue to take decisive action to combat unruly passenger behaviour, ensuring that all passengers and crew travel in a respectful and stress-free environment, without unnecessary disruption.”
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