An Easyjet passenger was removed from a flight after forcing an emergency landing when “threatening everyone” during a drunk rank, footage has revealed.
Flight EZY2027 from Manchester to Ibiza was diverted on Thursday morning to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport.
The British passenger, who was reportedly “off his face” at 5.40am, was swearing and threatening others on the plane.
The man, who was dressed in shorts and a hoodie, was escorted off the flight in Paris and received by police.
Remaining passengers returned to the skies to head to the popular party island thereafter.
Easyjet confirmed the flight was able to continue to Ibiza after the “disruptive” passenger was removed.
Passengers jeered as the British man was removed from the Easyjet flight.
An eyewitness told The Sun: “He just started kicking off in mid-air on his own. He was literally just off his face.
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“He was just swearing at everyone and pointing his finger at people
threateningly, offering everyone a fight.”
The witness added: “It was quite worrying for everyone else.”
Members of the flight crew reportedly told passengers it would cost the airline £20,000 to land, take off again and rejoin the flight path.
The incident caused disruption to an easyJet flightPADuring the footage, someone was heard saying “look at the state” of the man”.
An Easyjet spokesman said: “Easyjet’s 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.”
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