A household’s dream vacation became a nightmare when a rowdy stag do took over their Ryanair flight from Edinburgh to Tenerife.
Elaine Wilson Duncan, 62, and her cousin Linda Bishop, additionally 62, had been taking their 88-year-old aunt Christine Moreland on her first vacation since her husband handed away three years in the past.
The peaceable journey shortly descended into chaos as a bunch of about 12 males on a stag do started shouting, swearing, passing round a bottle of vodka and vaping overtly. Despite the disruption, Ryanair instructed The Mirror that the crew didn’t witness the group vaping or ingesting their very own alcohol in the course of the flight.
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Elaine raged: “When we first arrived at the airport we were excited for the holiday ahead. My aunt lost her husband three years ago and won’t go alone on holiday because she is scared in case something happens. We weren’t aware of the stag do when we were queuing to board the plane and then a lot of them were sitting behind us on board. With the rest dotted around the plane – there were about 12 in total.”
The chaos kicked off when the primary refreshments trolley got here round. “I asked for two drinks as there is normally a long wait in between the refreshments being offered,” she stated.
“I was told this wasn’t available because it was a stag and hen do destination and passengers were only allowed one drink each. The man in front kept asking for more 7up they were sharing a bottle of vodka amongst themselves and drinking it from the juice bottles.”
She additionally reported rowdy behaviour to the crew. And they had been even caught vaping within the bogs. This led to a warning being performed over a tannoy telling them to not vape within the bogs and that if “anyone was caught the flight would be diverted and police would be waiting on landing”.
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“They kept vaping in the aisle and in the toilets but nothing happened,” she stated.
“There was another announcement asking passengers to stay in their seats and that they would be refusing to serve any alcohol on the second refreshments round – instead just tea and coffee. I said to the air hostess we were being punished for their actions, as we weren’t allowed another drink and she said ‘Sorry – I know it’s a riot onboard.’
“They simply bought increasingly drunk, it was horrendous and the worst flight I’ve ever had. I complained afterwards however the workers instructed me that there was no part my criticism match into so they might not course of it. I’ll by no means fly with Ryanair once more by alternative.”
A spokesperson for Ryanair said that cabin crew made “a number of bulletins all through the flight and refused to serve alcoholic drinks earlier than touchdown safely in Tenerife”.
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