Staff and passengers on the Belfast to Fuerteventura flight on March 1 could be seen trying to calm down a man who was yelling unintelligibly while “kids were beside him”
Airline staff working a routine trip from Belfast to Fuerteventura tried to prevent their flight from plunging into chaos at the hands of a seemingly drunken passenger.
A video posted on social media platform TikTok shows the moment someone appearing to be under the influence started shouting on the plane. Flight attendants were forced to step in alongside passengers as a man started shouting about “the Lord Jesus” and screeching loudly from his seat.
The footage showing the March 1 flight was posted two days after the incident, with the onlooker who took the video condemning what they described as ‘drunken behaviour’. They blasted the passenger for the outburst in front of children, with commenters suggesting he should be “banned from flying”.
The video shows two men standing over a man yelling almost unintelligibly, with one passenger reminding him he is “on a plane” while trying to calm him down. Text overlaid on the video condemned the “disgraceful” behaviour of the passenger, and a caption posted below suggested he had drunk himself “to oblivion” while praising staff.
The overlaid text reads: “The incident on the Belfast to Fuerteventura Flight on March 1. Disgraceful. This is not the half of it. These crew members went above and beyond to deal with this and these guys held him down. This lasted an hour and kids were beside him.” The caption adds: “Belfast to Fuerteventura Jet2 flight.
“This is what happens when people drink themselves to oblivion. These crew members were outstanding.” Hundreds of people commented below the video, with one passenger saying it was “hard enough flying without this happening”. Another commenter added: “So frightening for all other passengers and crew.”
Other people said the behaviour was “scary” and “terrifying”, with a host of commenters calling for alcohol to be banned on planes and even going as far as to suggest the passenger be added to the no fly list. Some people pushed back on the suggestion, however, saying people shouldn’t have to “pay” for rowdy passengers’ actions.
One commenter said: “Everyone saying alcohol should be banned. No you just need to grow up and be responsible for yourself and your own actions. Why should everyone get punished because you can’t handle your own addictions.” Another added: “Absolutely awful to see this happen so often but I don’t think banning alcohol is the only solution.
“Maybe limit purchases – why should people who can be responsible be penalised for the minority.”
The Mirror has approached Jet2 for comment.