A Ryanair flight from the UK to the Canary Islands was reportedly forced to divert to Portugal after a fight involving eight people broke out mid-flight, according to reports.
A passenger was dragged off the flight and arrested when the plane landed in Faro, after a group of drunk tourists instigated a fight on the plane, video obtained by The Daily Mail shows.
Ryainair flight 3511 from Luton Airport, London, to Lanzaaorte in the Canary Islands, departed around 8:15am and landed in Faro around 10:50am, almost an hour earlier than scheduled to land in Arrecife, according to flight tracking website FlightAware. .
Another passenger who recorded the fight told The Daily Mail that there was “a group of men who appeared to have been drinking and were bothering some female passengers.”
A Ryanair flight was forced to land in Portugal after a fight broke out on the plane. REUTERS
When the disturbance began to get out of control, a flight attendant tried to intervene, but ended up being run over, the witness said.
The commotion prompted the captain to warn passengers over a loudspeaker that “unacceptable behavior” would not be tolerated and he threatened to land the plane in Portugal, according to the passenger.
When the passengers refused to leave the plane, they were told 20 minutes later that they were landing, the traveler told the outlet.
A man seen fighting on the plane initially left the plane voluntarily, but stubbornly got back on. He was then forcibly removed by Portuguese authorities, who put him in a headlock and removed him from the plane, the video shows.
Other passengers can be heard cheering for police as the man struggled with police.
‘Bye mate!’ A man is heard screaming, according to the clip.
“Well done!” another woman shouts.
Portuguese authorities arrested a man. Belgian/AFP via Getty Images
In a separate video, the man was filmed being pushed toward a police car, the publication reported.
Portugal’s Public Security Police confirmed that they were called to deal with the “presence of eight disorderly passengers,” Portugal Resident reported.
Officers said they observed passengers “screaming and repeatedly hitting cabin luggage lockers,” as well as “drinking alcoholic beverages and ignoring instructions given by the flight crew.”
“One of the unruly passengers…became hostile, refused to leave and repeatedly disobeyed orders directed to him,” police said.
Officers were forced to use “physical force due to his constant presence,” cops said.
The plane took off from Faro at 11:50 a.m. and finally landed at its intended destination at 1:20 p.m., flight logs show.
The Post has contacted Ryanair for comment.
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