Ryanair takes legal action against disruptive passenger
Ryanair has initiated a private criminal prosecution in Spain against a disruptive passenger.
The airline says the passenger caused a 40-minute delay and ‘unnecessary disruption to 137 passengers.’
It happened on a departure from Lanzarote to Santiago.
This passenger ‘claimed to be a UN diplomat with diplomatic immunity, attempted to take a seat that was not assigned to him and became verbally abusive.’
He was removed from the flight by the Spanish Guardia Civil.
Ryanair says it has a strict zero tolerance policy towards passenger misconduct will take decisive action
“It is unacceptable that passengers, many of whom are on a family holiday, are suffering unnecessary delay as a result of one unruly passenger’s behavior,” the airline said.
“We have initiated a private criminal prosecution against this passenger, in which the court may impose a sentence of 3-12 months imprisonment or a fine.”
“These are just some of the potential consequences under Ryanair’s zero tolerance policy.”
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