Ryanair suing 'disruptive passenger' for causing flight to divert
 

Ryanair has said it is taking legal action against a disruptive passenger.

In what it described as a "major misconduct clampdown", the airline said it is seeking €15,000 (£12,500) in damages from a passenger in Ireland, whose behaviour forced a plane bound for Lanzarote to divert to Porto in Portugal last year.

Ryanair claims the diverted flight then had to be delayed overnight and caused 160 passengers to "face unnecessary disruption as well as losing a full day of their holiday".

The airline described the passenger's behaviour as "inexcusable" and "completely unacceptable".

It said it calculated the sum of €15,000 from the cost of overnight accommodation, passenger expenses and landing costs.

It is the first time Ryanair has brought a civil case against a disruptive passenger in Ireland, but the airline warned it will "continue to take decisive action to combat unruly passenger behaviour on aircraft".

Source: https://news.sky.com/story/ryanair-s...ivert-13285915

Nothing wrong with that. But it's probably some chav-on-benefits, so where they're going to get the money is a question.

This constant issue of disruptive passengers (think Finnish Member of Parliament Tomi Immonen, pissed and aggressive and dragged off a Finnair flight to Bangkok by the Police) could be knocked on the head if 'iffy-looking' passengers were denied boarding, and all passengers were made to blow into a breathalyser at the gate.

You're 13 kilometres up there, a long way from the ground, and you have some cretin having a wobbly on board? Another thing is the trolley-dollies should have a syringe to inject unruly passengers with something to make them unconscious up to disembarkation time.