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Pilots on an easyJet flight to a Greek party island were forced to make an emergency landing on Tuesday, after an alcohol-fuelled passenger attempted to storm the cockpit at 30,000 feet.
Mayhem broke out on the easyJet Airbus A320 when a drunken passenger began to fight with cabin crew, telling them that the pilot was “rubbish” and that he would do better, before making a dash for the cockpit. A TikTok made during the incident shows the drunk being wrestled to the ground by staff, while passengers cheered and clapped.
The drunk person is reported by the Sun to have broken the plane’s intercom system in the fracas, while also at one point attempting to open an exit door while soaring through the air.
People aboard the flight to Kos said the man was so drunk that he had “tried to get off midair.”
One passenger aboard the diverted easyJet Flight EZY8235 told the paper: “The cabin crew were great and very brave but the whole drama was very upsetting.”
Once the unruly passenger had been detained by cabin crew, the pilots diverted the Gatwick flight to Munich, to the disappointment of the disrupted Kos holidaymakers. Many were forced to spend the night in local hotels.
When the Airbus A320 approached, emergency services and police were lined up on the tarmac waiting. German police immediately stormed the plane and arrested the man, taking him away in handcuffs.
Social media videos of the incidents show passengers on the plane jeering the man as he is dragged off the plane, with one shouting “get off you loser.” He is then seen pinned to the ground by cops, lying just outside the steps of the plane.
EasyJet said in a statement: “While such incidents are rare, we do not tolerate abusive or threatening behaviour.”
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