Holiday yobs terrorise Ryanair flight to Ibiza
 

Holiday yobs terrorise Ryanair flight to Ibiza

Passengers and cabin crew were forced to endure a flight from hell when a group of 30 yobs ran riot on a Ryanair plane from Prestwick to Ibiza, reports the BBC.
The men reportedly used terrible language, threatened cabin crew and even sexually harassed crew in front of holiday-bound families with young children.

The BBC said that the men became disruptive during flight FF694 on Saturday.
They had started causing problems before the flight took off, and police even went on board at Prestwick to warn them about their behaviour. Spanish police boarded the flight when it landed in Ibiza, and it is thought that five men were removed.

But as the Ryanair flight became airborne, the drunken rampage escalated. People were shouting and jumping on seats say the press reports. Passengers were even forced to use the front toilets as the group took over the back of the plane and made it a no-go area.

One passenger Fiona Black, 58, from Ayr, said the flight was the worst she had ever been on. She told the Daily Record: "It was awful. There was one guy in particular who was singling out the stewardesses. "He was walking behind her when she was doing the drinks trolley and was pretending to have sex with her."

She added that one male flight attendant tried to defend a co-worker and "it seemed like he was going to be punched".

Ryanair's head of communications Robin Kiely told Aol Travel: "Ryanair crew operating flight FR694 requested police assistance on arrival at Ibiza airport after a group of passengers became disruptive in-flight.

"Police removed and detained a number of individuals from the aircraft before other passengers disembarked.

"Ryanair sincerely apologises to other passengers for any inconvenience caused but the safety of our passengers, crew and aircraft is our number one priority. This is now a matter for the police."


8/8/2013

Re Holiday Yobs
 

Luckily I was not on this flight - nor would i ever choose to be on an FR flight.
HOWEVER....
I have every sympathy for the crew and passengers - such obnoxious people should be prosecuted for endangering a flight & wonder why the captain
didn't divert as I am sure the cabin crew would have told him/her.
Now that these people are in another country I would be more than happy if no carrier would accept them for their return.

Holiday yobs terrorise Ryanair flight to Ibiza
 

Surely the flight crew should have landed as soon as possible to offload the troublesome pax?

Why fly them all the way to Ibiza when they did or could have posed a risk to the safety of the flight?

JETTISON IMMEDIATELY.
 

"They had started causing problems before the flight took off,".......................

Is that not a subtle hint to Captain Speedking that maybe they didn't belong aboard and could have been off-loaded?

Back to the gate, and even if they're not charged by the local plod, the cost of a replacement ticket will be an incentive not to do it again.

Or was Capt Speedking under company pressure to ensure on-time departure and therefore reluctant to dump this trash back into the terminal...........................:ugh:

Reportedly two pax were offloaded at Prestwick before departure.

From the newspaper report:

"Trouble started even before the flight was in the air when two men were refused permission to board. Eager holidaymakers were then delayed by 30 minutes as police officers boarded the flight at the request of cabin crew to warn the group about their behaviour and offer advice and assistance to Ryanair staff."

and a further quote from one of the other passengers:

"The stewardess had said she would get them thrown off by police, so when police just left I felt that was unfair on the crew as this lot obviously then thought they could get away with anything."

Hmmm.

Of course we are not party to the full details, only what a newspaper writes. Now, when we consider the exaggerated rubbish they write most of the time, it's easy to jump to the wrong conclusions. I say this only because I'd like to believe that had it been as bad as made out, the Captain would have diverted and off-loaded them without fear of facing any repercussion from management - who, after all, quoted that the safety of the passengers and crew is their number 1 priority.

as my dear daughter, the fragrant but acute Miss Harry would say, the answer is in the headline

"Ryanair- Prestwick - Ibiza"

a definite shortage of Nobel Prize winners one would expect

But I for one HH would rate flying Ryanair out of Prestwick as a better experience than flying BA out of Heathrow ! The former done many times without problems, the latter, well where do you start ?

BARKING MAD. I think your last paragraph is spot on.

So PIK3141, how many times have you had a load of inebriated pax on a flight from LHR with BA ?

To be honest I'd probably run riot if (a) I found myself onboard a Ryanair flight and (b) I was told its destination was Ibiza. :}

Ryanair Recent problem on Prestwick to Ibiza Flight
 

This particular incident may have already been discussed in another thread & similar events unfortunately continue to happen,as basicalyl the law (US excepted) wring their hands & do nothing.

The approach to this type of behavior will only stop it continuing. when no nonsence robust action is taken immedately.

I am very much with the US & totally support & agree with their approach to this sort of loutish behavior. Federal case, as unlawfully interferring with the lawful operation of an aircraft, or action which could endanger an aircraft. Instant no nonsence arrest, very quickly before the Court, handed down a severe custodial sentance. I somewhow don't think the US Courts, take that much interest, when the question of `Accused Rights is raised either. Bang the trash up for a good many years & throw away the key.

Can anybody see this action being taken, by authorities in the UK & unfortunately, most other countries.

Can you tell us what the problem is/was ?

Until four years ago I used Ryanairs early morning PIK-BVA service around twice a month, and this behaviour was fairly normal for flights going to the Costas during the summer months.
The usual suspects, wearing either Rangers or Celtic tops, would have been tanking themselves up with bevvy since the previous evening, and would continue the process in the terminal bars.
I have also seen the same thing repeated at other airports across the UK from a certain type of traveller, and on one flight I took into Alicante the aircraft had to do a go-around because drunken pax would not sit down and kept blundering towards the toilets. The cabin crew on these flights are not to be envied.
Maybe a breathalyser at the gate would weed them out!

Correct.

www.pprune.org/passengers-slf-self-loading-freight/520954-holiday-yobs-terrorise-ryanair-flight-ibiza.html

Isn't it time airport bars and restaurants stopped selling alcohol, or at least limited sales, to avoid these incidents.

There would be massive protests and some people would stop flying, but they are the type of people the airlines can do without. I feel sorry for flight crews, and for the normal passengers who can have a drink or two and remain correctly behaved, but it is not fair that this behaviour not only blights the experience but more importantly, endangers all on board.

You have cultures, sub-cultures and local variants. An example of local variants would be the holiday yobs discussed or those who feel the airline is to blame.

Is there a legal reason an airline can't refuse a person at the gate? I ask this because I notice in the T&C of carriage they discuss conduct aboard aircraft and consequences etc. It appears the airline only have limited power once the person is actually aboard and not before.

The massive protests would not be from the passengers..

Prestwick Plod should have removed them there and then.As usual in the UK
I suppose they were afraid of offending the scumbags human rights