A video of the incident was published online, showing a woman shouting with other passengers, which made it difficult for the cabin crew to regain control and made it impossible to continue the flight.


The incident

The incident happened after take-off, with witnesses saying that a woman, who seemed to be drunk, started shouting at other passengers, refusing to follow cabin crew guidelines.

Gradually, tension escalated, and the verbal abuse turned into physical confrontation, with the passengers around being affected by it. In the video, raised voices are heard while cabin crew members try to sort out the situation.

Emergency landing

With the situation deteriorating and no sign of the passenger calming down, the captain decided to divert to the nearest suitable airport.

With no signs of improvement, the captain decided to divert to the nearest suitable airport. Thus, the aircraft landed at Fez Saiss Airport, where the disruptive passenger was also removed from the cabin. After that, the flight returned to its normal route.

Passengers say the diversion caused a delay of around two hours, but many expressed relief that the pilot chose safety over pressing on.

According to EuroWeeklyNews, passengers say that the incident caused a two-hour delay on the flight.

The same media outlet states that no one was injured.