NEED TO KNOW
- A Ryanair flight from Tenerife, Spain, to Glasgow, Scotland, was diverted after a woman who was allegedly caught vaping on board caused a disturbance
- Video captured by fellow passenger shows her being handcuffed and restrained by police. In a second clip off the plane, she flails wildly in her restraints and is seemingly thrown to the ground
- Fellow passengers claim the woman was intoxicated and harassed others for hours before being removed
A passenger on a Ryanair flight was forcibly removed from the aircraft after she was allegedly caught vaping — and the incident only escalated from there.
During a Sunday, May 18, flight from Tenerife, Spain, en route to Glasgow, Scotland, a woman was approached by security personnel for allegedly smoking an e-cigarette on the aircraft, a representative for Ryanair confirmed to DublinLive. After being accused, the woman reportedly became violent.
“Upon being approached by PSP officers, the passenger became aggressive and uncooperative. Showing visible signs of intoxication, she had to be escorted off the aircraft,” a police spokesperson told the outlet. “While inside the airport bus, the individual began kicking and headbutting the doors and windows. For her own safety and that of the officers involved, it was necessary to restrain her on the ground and apply handcuffs. Even after being handcuffed, the passenger continued to behave aggressively, repeatedly banging her head against the bus window.
A fellow passenger, Blair Morgan, 18, recorded the incident and shared video on TikTok. In the clips, the woman can be seen being escorted off the plane and onto the tarmac in handcuffs, where she continued to put up a fight with officials.
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On the airport shuttle bus, she flails around wildly and police officers lunge at her and ultimately wrestle her to the ground.
PEOPLE reached out to Ryanair and airport police but did not receive an immediately reply.
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Though Morgan’s TikTok, which has now amassed nearly 2 million views, is only 14 seconds and shows what seems to be a small portion of the extended incident, others who claim to have been on the flight sounded off in the comment section with more details.
“I was on this flight she deserves everything that happened to her she brought it on herself,” one commenter began. “The police were completely fair with at the start it was her who started being violent towards them not to mention the fact she was hitting and harassing other passengers on the flight including my sister who was sat next to her. Honestly got no sympathy for this woman.”
Another person who says they are a father of three who was aboard the flight, gave his perspective on the situation as one of his daughters was also allegedly sitting near the woman.
“For 2 hours on this flight she verbally abused staff and other passengers. She verbally and physically abused one of my daughters for quite some time,” the poster began. “ Because of her actions the plane was redirected and everyone else on that plane suffered due to her being a selfish and self centred a******.”
The commenter goes on to add, “The police were within their rights to put this lady on the deck as she was kicking them multiple times on the shuttle bus. She was never alone on the bus with 3 male officers which [some] people seem concerned about. This is because her spineless boyfriend was with her on that bus and plane and sat 2 rows away.”
