The 64-year-old woman revealed how a Ryanair flight from Dublin turned into high-altitude chaos after an outrageous display of drinking, mid-air toilet sex, and harassment
A 64-year-old woman has shared her shocking experience on a recent flight from Dublin to Ibiza that was ‘completely out of control’ due to inebriated passengers
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A woman has recounted her alarming experience aboard what she describes as an ‘out of control’ flight from Dublin to Ibiza, during which she claims she was propositioned by a man ‘young enough’ to be her son or grandson.
Blaise O’Hara has been travelling to Ibiza for more than 40 years. She maintains she has never enjoyed a ‘pleasant experience’ when departing from Dublin, and described her latest journey as amongst the most dreadful to date.
The 64-year-old was travelling with her husband to meet family members on the island – and from the instant they arrived at the departure gate for the Ryanair flight, Blaise sensed difficulties lay ahead.
“It started at the departure gate. We arrived, and there were two groups of people that I was concerned about in terms of their making an awful amount of noise and appearing to be inebriated,” she recalled.
Upon landing at Ibiza Airport, emergency services met the aircraft(Image: Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)
Blaise stated that she attempted to raise her concerns with a member of the grounds crew prior to boarding, who did not seem ‘happy’ when she expressed her apprehensions, reports RSVP Live.
Upon boarding the aircraft, she said it was ‘clear’ that two groups of passengers were creating considerable noise even before take-off.
“The group in front of me, there were about six or seven of them, they were all, I’d say, 22-24, they were all male. The group that was way down the other end of the flight, I would say they were older, maybe late twenties, maybe as much as 30, and they seemed to be mixed male and female.
“The first thing the steward said when we sat down was ‘If you drink your own alcohol, or vape, or play music, the police will be waiting for us in Ibiza’. I don’t know about the vaping, but certainly they were playing music, and I’ve no idea whether they were drinking their own alcohol or not. I didn’t see that, but what I can attest to is that as they became noisier, the crew continued to serve them drinks,” Blaise said.
She wasn’t the only passenger bothered by the behaviour: a young girl seated close to Blaise was ‘shaking from head to toe’, while another woman was considerably distressed by the excessive racket.
“We have never had a pleasant experience flying from Dublin to Ibiza. Now, Ibiza to Dublin is absolutely fine and completely silent, because none of these people appears to have any money left.”
A passenger on a Ryanair flight from Dublin to Ibiza said the situation on board was “overwhelming” as two groups of unruly passengers allegedly caused chaos, with reports of mid-air toilet sex(Image: AFP via Getty Images)
The situation deteriorated further when Blaise overheard a ‘young girl’ announce that she could arrange ‘hook-ups’ for travellers.
“There was a young girl who said she could organise hook-ups for people on the flight if they so wanted,” she told Newstalk.
“At one point, a shirtless young guy, just in a pair of shorts, and a girl went into the toilet, and they came out about ten minutes later to lots of whooping, shouting and yelling from these two groups of people. The steward opened the toilet door after they exited, and whatever he saw, he then went and got a large bag of wet wipes and cleaned up whatever it was that they had left in the bathroom.
“A young man in front of me said ‘I want one’ to the young girl who had claimed she had organised the hook-up, and she said ‘just tell me whoever you want’, and he got up out of his seat and pointed at me and said ‘I want her’. At which point, my new friend Paul [who Blaise had been sitting next to on the flight] intervened.”
Blaise’s husband was positioned opposite them on the far side of the aisle, and when she made the young man who was ‘sexually harassing’ her conscious of this fact, he recognised that she wasn’t a ‘middle-aged woman’ travelling alone.
She stated there was ‘no point’ in flagging the incident during the flight as the entire situation was ‘completely out of control’.
“We paid for our seats, everybody has their own stresses in life, we should not be subjected to that, and frankly, they should have stopped selling them alcohol when it became clear that their behaviour was out of control.”
Upon landing, travellers were instructed to remain seated while police and paramedics came aboard.
“The young guy who was shirtless in the toilet with the girl was carried off the flight by paramedics. I wouldn’t have said he was unconscious, but we were told by the steward that there was an unconscious person on the flight that was going to be removed by paramedics.”
Three individuals from both parties were additionally requested to accompany the police. Blaise revealed that her husband was ‘furious’ upon learning she had been propositioned by someone who was certainly young enough to be her son, or even grandson.
Paul, the passenger seated beside her during the journey, also wrote a complaint to the airline, Blaise claimed.
The Irish Mirror contacted Ryanair for comment, and a spokesperson said, “Crew on this flight from Dublin to Ibiza (13 Jul) called ahead for police assistance after two passengers became disruptive inflight. Due to their misbehaviour, crew refrained from serving these passengers alcohol from the bar, however, despite several warnings from crew, they continued to drink their own alcohol purchased pre-flight. Police met the aircraft upon landing at Ibiza Airport and these two disruptive passengers were removed.
“Ryanair has a strict zero tolerance policy towards passenger misconduct and will continue to take decisive action to combat unruly passenger behaviour, ensuring that all passengers and crew travel in a respectful and stress-free environment, without unnecessary disruption.”
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