Ryanair Passengers Refuse to Leave Paris Flight Sent to Belgium
Ryanair Holdings Plc passengers refused to leave a plane that was diverted from Paris to Liege in Belgium, 175 miles (280 kilometers) away, because of poor weather conditions.
Customers on the flight from Fez in Morocco ignored crew requests to disembark after the Boeing Co. 737-800 was diverted from Beauvais airport north of the French capital because of fog, Europe’s biggest discount airline said today.
Crew left the aircraft and the toilets were locked and lights switched off when some travelers became disruptive, Chief Executive Officer Michael O’Leary said at a press conference in Dublin, where Ryanair is based. Passengers disembarked and were taken to Beauvais by bus when airport police became involved.
Customers on three other Ryanair flights that were diverted to Liege completed their journeys to France without incident.
“It is standard safety procedure for all airlines to divert to another airport when weather closes a destination airport, and it is standard procedure to coach passengers to their destination,” Ryanair said in the statement.
To contact the reporter on this story: Steven Rothwell in London at srothwell@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Kenneth Wong at kwong11@bloomberg.net
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