A British passenger has been caught on camera causing a scene on a turbulent “flight from hell” to Ibiza. The incident reportedly took place on Jet2 flight LS1181 from Birmingham last Friday, after the pilot delayed takeoff by approximately two and a half hours. Initially scheduled to leave at 6.15pm, holidaymakers were not permitted to board until around 7pm, only to be informed of further delays. One eyewitness described the flight as going “feral” following these announcements, MailOnline reports.
CJ Edwards, who documented the incident on TikTok, explained that the disruptive passenger, seen in a video wearing a green outfit, downed a bottle of vodka in “10 seconds”, leading him to later shout at flight attendants. He was also filmed throwing clothing items at another passenger, escalating tensions before other passengers intervened.
Mr Edwards said: “People were drinking and doing all sorts, and what I want to say is that it wasn’t just him. There were a lot of things going on.
“There was a fight on the plane, someone got slapped, someone was sick in the aisles. My friend had sick on his shoe. People were passing drinks over each other.
“There was a lot going on. So when we got on the flight and told we can’t move, the guy took his bottle of Ciroc out that he’d got from duty free and, I’m not lying, he’s guzzled it down in about 10 seconds.”
Edwards added that it was at this point he knew he didn’t want to be “anywhere near” the man and relocated to the rear of the plane to join a friend.
Despite the pre-flight commotion, Mr Edwards confirmed that the plane eventually departed – flight records indicate this was at 8.44pm – amid significant turbulence.
He added: “And when it’s doing all of this in the air the man is standing up. He’s doing the most. He was coming to the back of the plane where I was, trying to get some drink off people and chat with some lads.
“When the air hostess told him to sit down he’s looked in her face and said ‘But who are you? Who are you to tell me to sit down?’
“After all that when we’re trying to land he’s standing up again. He’s in the aisles, moving through. People are trying to get him to sit down and he’s not doing it.
“The pilot is on the microphone saying ‘to the guy standing up, please sit down’. I think the person he was with as well that he ended up slapping them but I’m not too sure. It was the flight from hell.”
Jet2 has been contacted for comment.