A flight bound for Manchester from Turkey saw a passenger allegedly ‘grabbing the emergency exit’ and scream about a ‘bomb’ with terrified passengers left watching in horror
An easyJet passenger forced a flight to land after they began screaming about a “bomb”. The flight bound for Manchester from Turkey saw a passenger allegedly “grabbing the emergency exit”.
Reports say the woman was “wrestled away” from the emergency door before the flight was diverted and landed in Frankfurt, Germany. “Once the plane had took off, she began to run up and down the plane screaming about how it was going down and there was a bomb,” a passenger who said they were close to the emergency exits told the Manchester Evening News. “She also tried to get life jackets and oxygen masks out.”
EasyJet confirmed that a ‘disruptive’ passenger had led to flight EZY2148 being diverted to Frankfurt. The passenger claims the woman then disturbed a couple, telling them the plane was ‘going down’, before reaching for the emergency exit.
The passenger added: “She then quickly jumped up and grabbed the emergency exit door handle cover and ripped it off. She then went for the handle but was stopped by other passengers. She was then taken the back of the plane by cabin crew and we were alerted that the plane would be doing an emergency landing.”
The flight had been due to leave Dalaman at 11pm, but departed at midnight local time. It landed at Frankfurt Airport at around 2.30am, when emergency services were seen boarding the flight. It’s understood an investigation has been launched involving authorities in Germany.
Passengers were reportedly kept on board the flight for a number of hours, before being allowed to leave for the airport at around 5am. An ‘airport curfew’ meant the flight could not depart Frankfurt until later today, with the flight arriving in Manchester at 1.40pm, according to easyJet’s website.
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