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An easyJet flight that London was forced to divert to Italy for an emergency landing after the teenage girl threatened cabin crew and tried to open the plane’s door, according to reports.
Flight EZY8556 departed Antalya, Turkey at 23.20 local time on December 27 for a four-hour journey to London Gatwick, but just over two hours into it he was diverted to Bari, Italydata from FlightAware shows.
A passenger on the flight claims the plane landed in Italy for safety reasons after a teenage girl caused chaos on the plane.
said Nadine, 39, a passenger on the flight The sun that “this sixteen-year-old girl was four rows behind me and she was sitting next to a girl who was about 10 years old and she started coughing and she told her to stop”.
“The little one went to the toilet, but the older one followed her to the toilet.
“The girl kept throwing tantrums and saying ‘get out of my face’, and she wouldn’t let go.
“That’s when mom fell, and the teenage girl was yelling in her face,” claims Nadine. “The mom and the girl were crying so the crew escorted the girl and her mom to the front of the plane to get away from her.”
The incident escalated after cabin crew asked the teenager to sit down again, but the 16-year-old allegedly began “shouting abuse” at crew members, Nadin told the agency.
“She was trying to open the door and broke the handle. The crew dragged her away and restrained her,” she said. The sun adding that she meant the plane door at the back of the plane.
“She was surrounded by all the crew members, but one tried to calm her down.
“She started screaming on the plane and threatened to stab a crew member.”
Nadine added that at one point the teenager took off her shoes and threw them at the passengers.
She said the flight was “absolute hell” and the airline left passengers without water, the hotel they stayed in while in Bari was a “dump” and said there was no compensation from easyJet.
The crew made the decision to land the plane early in Italy. In a statement for The IndependenteasyJet said “Flight EZY8556 from Antalya to London Gatwick on 27 December was diverted to Bari and was met by police after landing due to a passenger’s disruptive behavior on board.
“EasyJet cabin crew are trained to assess and assess all situations and acted quickly and appropriately to ensure that the safety of the flight and other passengers was not compromised at any time.”
“While such incidents are rare, we take them very seriously and do not tolerate abusive or threatening behavior on board.
“The safety and well-being of our passengers and crew is always easyJet’s priority.”
As the cause of the diversion was a disruptive passenger and was beyond the control of the airline, in accordance with the regulations no compensation is due.
Easyjet said it had done “everything it could to minimize the impact of the diversion on customers”, such as arranging hotels and meals for its passengers, and would advise them to reimburse any costs they may have incurred.
The flight was rescheduled to depart the following day.
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