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Old 6th Feb 2011, 16:35
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Other passenger's point of view in a Belgian newspaper, courtesy Google translate:

'Felt held hostage by students'

"We were not threatened, but held hostage" says a passenger who was here yesterday on the Ryanair plane in Lanzarote where students from the ULB ran amok.
The students were not drunk, according to the traveler in a response to our editors, or noisy. And not particularly well co-operate.
"What exactly happened when checking we do not know, but apparently was not a boy from the group of Ryanair check-in. The rest is then started to run amok on the plane. They wanted their friend necessarily get on board. "
This launched what chaos on board. The passengers are not felt threatened, "but held hostage".
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"The students refused to sit down when they asked that. Even when the pilot moegeterd said they had to get out, they listened not. "
Police had to intervene.
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Every time a police car appeared, the students began to cheer. They assumed that it was their friend who was still on board. "
Ended up the other passengers leave the plane because the students refused to sell. "That way they separated us, we were glad to," it sounds.
After half an hour everyone was allowed back into the baggage on board the now empty equipment."Upon returning to the aircraft was all our luggage on a cart. We had our cases indicate, so that those students could be separated. "
Three hours later, the device still set course Charleroi.

original link De Standaard Online - 'Voelden ons gegijzeld door studenten'
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