Ryanair flight FR2001 from Lanzarote to Santiago de Compostela (Boeing 737-800 registered EI-EKX) faced a 40-minute delay last Friday after a passenger, who claimed to be a UN diplomat, refused to show his boarding pass when asked to move to a different seat.
The passenger demanded to be seated in a preferential row but baulked at complying with crew requests. After escalating tensions and refusal to leave the plane, the captain ordered his expulsion. Airport security and the Civil Guard were called to forcibly remove him.
The incident, recorded by fellow passengers, caused discomfort onboard and delayed the flight’s departure. The situation highlighted the importance of adhering to flight safety regulations.
People tend make such a fuss over where they are sitting on a short flight but pulling the UN diplomat card takes it to a whole new level.
What a plonker, bring him to court and ban the fecker so maybe people will learn not to mess around.
Nothing to do with msking a fuss,he obviously decided to sit in someone elses seat,a seat they payed for.He should have been grabbed and thrown off the plane,if it was my seat he was sitting in,i would have thrown him out of it myself,the smug arrogant git
A prime self opinionated bollox, who ever he was. Can’t stand fuc*ers like that
For a start he was obviously a plain nutter
Be honest who in there right mind with UN status would fly ryanair
Who in their right mind would admit to being a UN Diplomat
I’m going for Interplanetary Emissary special treatment next time then.
He should be banned for a minimum off 5 years. You can’t claim a seat that been paid for and allocated to that person. It’s people like him that have no consideration for the other passengers. A lot of passengers can be nervous just about flying in itself, the added stress these people cause has to be stopped.
Well I asked on recent Ryanair flight could I move seat closer to the back toilets, and I explained that I’ve divictular disease and I was having a flair up and it would be beneficial for me to be close to a toilet, I was refused and the annoying thing is that there was empty seats at the back of the plane, so very annoying and unhelpful staff.
I recently booked extra leg room for my wife who had a recent hip replacement. On boarding plane found planes had been changed fromEurobus to a Boeing resulting in different seat locations with incorrect leg room. Ryanair cabin crew most unhelpful.
Graham, if it was that important to you, why didn’t you pay for a rear seat.
@ivor maybe Graham wasn’t having a flare-up when he booked.
Always found Ryanair staff helpful if approached properly.
I have just returned on a ryanair flight and the crew couldn’t have been nicer, I asked if I could move seats, I had booked an aisle seat but the row was ful and there was a full empty row close to me.
No problem said the stewardess.
Service was brilliant too.
I’m a decimillionaire and fly on Ryanair. Cheaper than maintaining my own plane, or a partnership in a jet. Frankly Ryanair is easy to use. Stop bringing things you don’t need, put your bag under the seat in front, forget the priority tango and rise above the nonsense. I’ve flown Ryanair 4 times this year already. Absolutely tolerable for 2 hours, reliable, safe and cheap as chips.
What else can you expect from these inhumanitarian organisations employees? UN, ICRC and the likes.
The person should be charged to set an example for others to behave or else. It seems that quite a few nonsensical passengers get away for bad behavior and this encourages more people for misbehaving.
I have always found Ryanair staff very helpful. Like most good airlines we are offered a choice of where we would like to sit and pay for it. My choice is always the aisle seat in the front row, that’s what I pay for.
I was recently on a 6 hour delayed Ryanair flight (weather). Didn’t matter to me as I had an 8 hour layover connection in Valencia, but with it now getting tight, I asked politely, and the crew moved me to the seat nearest to front door, no problem.
@ S. Baxter. Ryanair don’t fly “Eurobus”, the fleet is entirely 737-800NG and Max8 so you are making stuff up.