Spanish police were called to meet a flight from Manchester as it touched down after rowdy passengers caused havoc on board.
Cabin crew on the Easyjet flight EZY2015 from Manchester to Alicante were forced to call the force after 'disruption' from a group of passengers left them 'unable to operate'. The plane was then unable to return to Manchester following the disruption on Thursday (April 13), leaving returning passengers stranded and forced to miss their flight.
Easyjet told the Manchester Evening News the disruption was due to the behaviour of a group of passengers, adding that they 'do not tolerate abusive or threatening behaviour onboard'.
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The flight departed from Manchester Airport at 18:01, and touched down in Alicante just before 9:30pm. The exact nature of the incident onboard is unclear.
Those left stranded in Alicante due to the cancelled return flight have been offered an alternative flight, refund, and hotel accommodation and meals if needed, according to Easyjet.
“EasyJet can confirm that flight EZY2015 from Manchester to Alicante on 13 April was met by police on arrival due to a group of passengers behaving disruptively onboard and as a result the return flight to Manchester was unable to operate," they said in a statement.
“The safety and wellbeing of our passengers and crew is always easyJet's priority. We take incidents of disruptive behaviour very seriously and do not tolerate abusive or threatening behaviour onboard and our cabin crew are trained to assess 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.
“While this was outside of our control, we are sorry for the inconvenience this will have caused those due to travel on the return flight to Manchester and we provided customers with the option of a transfer to an alternative flight or a refund, as well as we hotel accommodation and meals for those customers who required them.”
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