{"id":93413,"date":"2025-05-11T18:58:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T18:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/93413\/"},"modified":"2025-05-11T18:58:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T18:58:17","slug":"jet2-flight-from-edinburgh-to-cyprus-forced-to-divert-due-to-drunk-passenger-leaving-holidaymakers-stranded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/93413\/","title":{"rendered":"Jet2 flight from Edinburgh to Cyprus forced to divert due to \u2018drunk\u2019 passenger leaving holidaymakers stranded"},"content":{"rendered":"

A SCOTS Jet2 flight to Cyprus was forced to divert to Greece because of a ‘drunk’ passenger, leaving holidaymakers stranded for hours. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Flight\u00a0LS721 left\u00a0Edinburgh<\/a>\u00a0Airport yesterday afternoon bound for Larnaca. <\/p>\n

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The Jet2 flight left Edinburgh yesterday afternoon and was bound for Larnaca in CyprusCredit: Alamy\"Airplane<\/a><\/p>\n

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A man was taken from the flight after it was diverted to GreeceCredit: Supplied\"A<\/a><\/p>\n

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Greek Police boarded the flight that was due to land in CyprusCredit: Supplied <\/p>\n

But the pilots were forced to divert the plane to Thessaloniki on the Greek mainland. <\/p>\n

It is understood a male passenger was drunk and became disruptive during the flight.<\/p>\n

Footage shared with the Scottish Sun showed Greek\u00a0cops<\/a>\u00a0boarding the aircraft and talking to passengers. <\/p>\n

The man were reportedly offloaded from the flight by the officers.<\/p>\n

A passenger told the Scottish Sun: “He kicked off because he said he was not getting served quickly enough.<\/p>\n

“He kept pushing his call button and pointing at the staff.<\/p>\n

“He started to become aggressive with crew and the other passengers who stepped in.<\/p>\n

“He stood up and went to go for a passenger on the plane who tried to diffuse the situation.”<\/p>\n

The plane was due to land in the Cypriot\u00a0holiday<\/a>\u00a0hotspot at 10.00pm local time last night.<\/p>\n

But the plane never left Thessaloniki until 12.30am this morning.<\/p>\n

Watch as drunken passengers brawl on Jet2 flight & try to bite each other<\/p>\n

Tired holidaymakers reached their destination at around 2am. <\/p>\n

The airline has been approached for comment.<\/p>\n

Jet2<\/a>\u00a0has developed a reputation for being tough on drunken louts who cause\u00a0planes<\/a>\u00a0to be diverted.<\/p>\n

The airline has banned punters FOR LIFE for acts of air rage and drunken antics onboard their aircraft.<\/p>\n

And they have vowed to pursue problem passengers for the costs of the diversion – which can reach up to \u00a380,000.<\/p>\n

A passenger from\u00a0Motherwell<\/a>\u00a0was recently banned from the popular airline for life after an incident which bosses\u00a0described as “one of the worst they had ever seen”.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Cops spoke to passengers who had been left on the tarmacCredit: Supplied\"Two<\/a><\/p>\n

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Passengers were forced to wait for three hours before they could fly againCredit: Supplied<\/p>\n

JAIL OR \u00a380K FOR OFFENDERS<\/p>\n

PROBLEM passengers can face years in jail or fines running to around \u00a380,000.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Civil Aviation Authority<\/a>\u00a0warned badly behaved passengers that airlines can charge them for the cost of diverting a plane.<\/p>\n

Depending on the size of the plane and how far it was diverted, anyone who causes a diversion or emergency landing can end up with a bill of between \u00a310,000 and \u00a380,000.<\/p>\n

Being drunk on an aircraft can also land louts with a \u00a35,000 fine or even two years in jail.<\/p>\n

But if they endanger the safety of the aircraft they could be locked up for five years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A SCOTS Jet2 flight to Cyprus was forced to divert to Greece because of a ‘drunk’ passenger, leaving…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93414,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,8612,1102,4884,1450,44031,3088,185,712,5119,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-93413","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-cyprus","10":"tag-edinburgh","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-greece","13":"tag-holiday-nightmares","14":"tag-jet2","15":"tag-planes-flights-and-airlines","16":"tag-scotland","17":"tag-section-newsscottish-news","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114490738306012925","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93413","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=93413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}