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Drunken Scots force diversion of Ibiza-bound Ryanair flight

“They thought they had already arrived in Ibiza,” a police spokesman said, after the plane from Glasgow was forced to land at Beauvais airport in France.

A RYANAIR FLIGHT from Glasgow to Ibiza was forced to make an emergency landing in France after a group of drunk passengers started dancing in the aisles.

The airline confirmed today that the passengers, described as Scots by local police, had been thrown off the plane at Beauvais airport north of the French capital on yesterday evening and questioned by authorities.

“They thought they had already arrived in Ibiza,” a police spokesman said, explaining that after buying duty-free alcohol in Glasgow, they drank it on the plane and started dancing, causing such a ruckus that the pilot decided to divert to Beauvais.

The plane eventually took off again without the partying passengers, who were released in the early hours of this morning and directed to a Beauvais train station to go to Paris.

According to Beauvais airport management, the Ryanair crew has made an official complaint against the disruptive passengers, who could face charges at a later date.

Ryanair spokesman Robin Kiely confirmed the incident.

“A Ryanair flight from Glasgow Prestwick to Ibiza diverted into Paris Beauvais after a small group of passengers became disruptive on-board,” Kiely said.

“On arrival, police removed and detained these 14 individuals. Ryanair apologised to the other 160 passengers for any inconvenience and delay to their journey, but will not tolerate unruly or disruptive passengers. This matter is now being dealt with by the French police.”

Local police put the number of passengers questioned at 16.

© AFP, 2013

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    May 8th 2019, 7:55 AM

    Out of character and congestion cited as reasons means this gets the NIMBY seal of approval, even as the OPW!

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    May 8th 2019, 9:18 AM

    @BreadBasketCase: Do you know the roads around there? They are very tight & already chocked in mornings….

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    May 8th 2019, 9:28 AM

    @Rhona Quinn: wouldn’t worry about it. The phrase NIMBY gets tossed around like snuff at a wake on these articles. It’s very trendy to be pro-development these days, usually from people who don’t know what they’re talking about.

    Concentrate your efforts where it matters.

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    May 8th 2019, 5:06 PM

    @jamesdecay: thanks James. Will do. It does seem to be one of the current catch phrases eh??

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    May 8th 2019, 10:28 AM

    You wouldn’t think we have a major housing crisis. And most of the congestion is caused by long density, car dependent housing as well as lack of supply closer to the city centre forcing people to commute.

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    May 8th 2019, 10:38 AM

    Let the homeless use the Botanic Gardens then.

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    May 8th 2019, 1:54 PM

    We want houses built!!!!!

    But er’ just not in my area….

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    May 9th 2019, 12:49 AM

    I’m from the area, a lot of the traffic is school traffic for people who live near enough to walk or cycle. To many people feel entitled to use their car when they don’t need to. The kids are fat enough already.

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    May 9th 2019, 3:20 PM

    @Paul Moran: I’m also from the area and two of the three schools are primary schools. With zero cycling infrastructure I wouldn’t feel safe letting younger kids cycle in. Besides, traffic is still heavy even when the schools are off

    Plus there’s the planned developments of the old model school across the road from Glasnevin motors and the Addison lodge just 400 metres down the road. Throw in the build going on at the Smurfit factory and that’s an absolutely huge amount of development going on in an area that struggles to cope already

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