Passengers shocked by ‘sectarian chants’ from group of women aboard Belfast easyJet flight
‘There’s difference between rowdiness and utter bigotry,’ says eyewitness over behaviour of Union flag-clad holidaymakers
Jessica Rice
Today at 05:22A group of women, some dressed in Union flag clothing, allegedly subjected fellow air passengers to sectarian chanting.
It took place on an easyJet flight from Belfast to Manchester on Friday morning.
One eyewitness who spoke to the Belfast Telegraph said people aboard had been left distressed.
Among the chants were: “We are going on a sectarian rampage.”
The offensive behaviour began before the women boarded.
The eyewitness said: “I saw them in the airport and they were a bit rowdy but then it turned out they were on my flight.
“Almost immediately after boarding, the women began shouting profanities. I heard the word ‘Fenian’ a couple more times than I’m comfortable with, and I’m not really comfortable with anyone saying it.”
Flight attendants struggled to contain their behaviour.
“It was getting too much, they were not that close to me and I could hear them,” the passenger added.
“They began singing. I didn’t recognise the song or know the name of it, but it was obviously an offensive song because even some of them were like: ‘Girls, stop it — people can hear that’.”
However, this didn’t deter them, with some replying: “We are on holiday.”
The eyewitness said: “They started to chant: ‘We are going on a sectarian rampage’. They were chanting this so loud. Many of the plane’s other passengers were in a state of shock.
“That’s not what I would do on my holiday.
“This continued the whole way on the plane, and on to the little bus thing. It left me and others feeling very uneasy.”
She added: “It upset me so much that no one did anything.
“I understand the flight attendants deal with rowdiness all the time, but there’s a difference between rowdiness and utter bigotry.
“A plane is literally somewhere that people can’t escape, and the things they were saying, it would have been very fair for someone to say they were threatened or scared.”
EasyJet said: “We take disruptive behaviour seriously and our crew will always address any concerns raised by our customers onboard.”
The PSNI and Greater Manchester Police were also contacted for a comment.
by ByGollie
28 comments
Wearing a union dress and been sectarian!!! I too am also shocked!!!!!!
Utter fucking gobshites.
Among the chants were “We are going on a sectarian rampage” 🤣
Surely this didn’t actually happen.
Brits on holiday behaving like Brits on holiday shocker
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It’s why I’d typically prefer to fly out of Belfast City in general – even the most easyJet flights are mostly occupied by “business” travellers.
I have no idea how on earth International and indeed the budget airlines have managed to end up with such grim passengers.
Imagine heading away for a holiday in the sun with the girls and the first thing that comes to mind is let’s go on a sectarian rampage. These people live sad lives.
And if some exhausted passenger was in bad form and took a less than chirpy tone with the flight staff they’d have been barred from getting on or arrested at the end and we’d have a big post by the airline about how they don’t take shit
There’s a time and a place for this kind of behaviour: anywhere in Northern Ireland, any time of year except at an airport or a flight to Manchester.
These poor lassies just made the mistake of expressing their proud and beautiful culture and traditional garb in one of the tiny handful of places where it’s unacceptable.
Gone over for the rally no doubt to be with their racist kin
I just can’t get over the cringe of wearing a union jack dress. Like, if i saw someone out in a tricolour dress id tell them to cop themselves on.
Over at that march in London maybe .
They seem to be getting worse
we need a tik tok reel with the Jet2 holiday theme song.
Its nice to see every breed of nationalist, no matter the country, has their own brand of stupid nationalist who doesn’t get it but their heart is there 100%
You can take the rats out of a sewer but they’re still rats
Going to England where they’ll all be branded Paddys as soon as they open their mouths. The ironing is delicious
“Shocked” my arse, these witches were caught saying what is seen as acceptable to say and act upon in unionist circles. We all know this sentiment is strong in the community.
The problem is the general acceptability to support extreme unionist and loyalist views within its own movement. You can see that every summer, there will be a considerable UDA/UVF/LVF element amongst the fleg orgy, this does not occur in isolation, mainstream unionism is quite content to allow its association with loyalist terror continue because mainstream unionism does not consider its own terrorists as terrorists.
It’s a radicalised version of “hate the sin, not the sinner” heavily pushed by the Paisleyites ” hate the Catholic, not the person” but in reality it is a “hate thy neighbor” anti Christian doctrine.
Don’t worry. The “Wee Doggy” account on X will somehow find a link to Sinn Fein or the IRA and blame them for it.
I was on this flight and these women terrified me. One stood up and announced she was proudly sectarian. I was in fear for the whole flight.
The cabin crew made an announcement asking them to be quiet because there were children on board but it wasn’t followed up on, and o can’t say I blame them. They were all very drunk, shouting for ‘secco and boasting about how they’d already had 6 vodkas before the flight.
I tried to get a photo but I was too scared they might see me, so o have a crap photo of the backs of their heads. Imagine going on a hen party and the theme being sectarianism 🙄
https://preview.redd.it/8aoxxotecapf1.jpeg?width=5712&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=56778e776fa6d824ba9e9509400be89cb3b2ad45
So they had to fly people in for the protest, makes sense
There’s a saying. ‘As classy as a Brit abroad.’
What sort of melody is “Were going on a sectarian rampage” even sung to?
Also, they are going on a sectarian rampage….in Manchester?
Crass
Do you think they picked the orange airline on purpose?
So they are basically behaving like how they believe people from 3rd world countries behave like
Good job 👍
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