Four 'drunk' Irish vacationers started causing disturbance on board a Ryanair aircraft, forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing.
After the disturbances, flight FR9177, which was scheduled to depart from Dublin and arrive in Ibiza, was rerouted to Majorca, where the guys were taken off. After being properly recognized, police revealed that four passengers had been pulled off the flight and were now facing fines for violating air security. On Saturday, the alarm went off just after 1pm. "Officers were asked to meet a plane heading from Dublin to Ibiza that had been diverted to Palma," a Civil Guard official stated. On board the aircraft, four Irish people were taken out and recognized.
An informed source went on to say, "They were causing problems on board by not following instructions from the flight crew and drinking alcohol they had bought before boarding the plane." We do not have any records of any assaults on board, the police spokesperson continued. No formal arrests were place."
The aircraft, which was scheduled to touch down on Saturday just past noon, arrived at its destination sometime after 3 p.m. local time. It is believed that the four men who were pulled from the aircraft had to find other ways to go to their vacation spot.
In June 2018, Ryanair demanded that alcohol be prohibited from airports before 10 a.m., following an incident in which a group of inebriated Irish vacationers forced a Dublin flight to reroute to Paris. Three passengers were taken out and placed under arrest by French police, according to reports at the time. Up to twenty vacationers were reportedly implicated in the disorderly commotion.
Conventional protocol typically entails formally identifying the individual suspected of causing issues and having them removed from the aircraft in order to impose a fee. The government organization in charge of making sure civil aviation regulations are followed in all aircraft operations in Spain is the Spanish Air Safety and Security Agency (AESA).
It has the authority to impose fines on violators of Spanish air safety legislation, with the typical type of violation carrying a cost of between £50 and approximately £40,000. They might also be charged for any detour, and they might not be allowed to fly for the airline.
A "drunk" Irish woman and her companion were shown on camera being carried off a Ryanair flight in January 2018 after the airline was forced to make an unplanned stop in the northern Spanish port city of Santander while travelling from Alicante to Dublin. As the pair was escorted away by police, other passengers cheered and yelled "Adios."
