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Ryanair flight(Image: PA)<\/p>\nRyanair said the aircraft was met by local police and the passenger was removed<\/p>\n
21:43, 05 Apr 2025Updated 21:50, 05 Apr 2025<\/p>\n
Ryanair flight(Image: PA)<\/p>\n
A mum was escorted off a Ryanair flight <\/a>by police after she ate Pringles from the trolley before paying. Ann-Marie Murray, 55, said she asked for crisps, water and a cola, costing \u00a37, on a flight from Tenerife to Bristol <\/a>on March 28 – but she was unable to pay when the in-flight card machine would not accept payment and she had no cash.<\/p>\n She told the Mirror: “I was doing my best to pay. I tried to tap and pay, but the machine didn\u2019t work. They tried with another machine and when it still didn\u2019t go through I offered to get cash when we landed but they said I couldn\u2019t do that.”<\/p>\n Ann-Marie, from Gloucester, said her partner asked a steward if they wanted the Pringles back and was told “no”. Ryanair said “this passenger proceeded to ignore crew instructions, consume the items prior to payment and subsequently became disruptive.”<\/p>\n The airline called ahead for police assistance and the aircraft was met by police as it landed at Bristol Airport. But Ann-Marie claims she “wasn\u2019t disruptive,” reports Mirror.<\/a><\/p>\n She said: “There were no raised voices. I thought it was a joke when the crew said they had called the police. <\/a>I was shocked when the police came onboard and we were asked to leave. It was so embarrassing. I had done everything I could to resolve it.<\/p>\n “They then told the police<\/a> I had refused to pay, but that wasn\u2019t the case. I wanted to pay, but my card didn\u2019t work and I had no cash.”<\/p>\n Ann-Marie had been visiting the Canary Island with her partner for a four-night mini-break to celebrate her birthday and said the incident ruined the trip. She said: “Luckily the police<\/a> were lovely and after I explained the situation they took me to a cash machine and I was able to pay the \u00a37.<\/p>\n “The officers were laughing and couldn\u2019t believe it. After I paid, the crew told me we\u2019re banned from flying with Ryanair<\/a>, but I\u2019d never fly with them again anyway after what happened.”<\/p>\n Avon and Somerset Police said: “We received a report of a disruptive passenger on an inbound flight to Bristol Airport.<\/a> Officers<\/a> briefly attended, but quickly established it related to a civil dispute and no action was taken.”<\/p>\n Ryanair <\/a>said: “During this flight, this passenger attempted to purchase food onboard, however the card did not process payment. As crew looked to resolve the payment issue, this passenger proceeded to ignore crew instructions, consume the items prior to payment and subsequently became disruptive.<\/p>\n “The aircraft was met by local police<\/a> upon arrival at Bristol Airport and this passenger was removed. Ryanair <\/a>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 safe and respectful environment, without unnecessary disruption.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryanair said the aircraft was met by local police and the passenger was removed 21:43, 05 Apr 2025Updated…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3204,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[51,378,1339,183,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-3203","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-in-the-news","10":"tag-ryanair","11":"tag-travel","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114289819321046708","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}