‘Drunk’ woman on Wizz Air plane arrested for ‘assaulting crew and passengers’ after flight diverted
‘Drunk’ woman on Wizz Air plane is arrested for ‘assaulting crew and passengers’ after flight from Gatwick to Madeira was forced to divert to Lisbon
- ‘Drunk’ woman arrested after plane from Gatwick to Madeira diverted to Lisbon
- Passengers filmed police boarding the Wizz Air flight to take the woman away
- She jeopardised aircraft’s safety by assaulting crew and passengers, reports say
- Plane left Gatwick 5.30pm local time yesterday but was hours late to destination
A ‘drunk’ woman has been arrested after a packed plane from Gatwick to Madeira’s capital Funchal was forced to divert to Lisbon.
Police were filmed boarding the Wizz Air flight to take the woman away amid local reports she had jeopardised the safety of the aircraft by assaulting crew and other passengers.
The plane left Gatwick just before 5.30pm local time yesterday and was due to touch down in Madeira around 9.30pm.
The flight made its unscheduled stop in the Portuguese capital just after 8pm last night. Picutred: A Wizz air Airbus A321 plane at Lisbon airport (file image)
It made its unscheduled stop in the Portuguese capital just after 8pm last night.
A Portuguese passenger spoke to Funchal-based paper Jornal da Madeira while the plane was still on the tarmac at Lisbon’s Humberto Delgado Airport.
The passenger said: ‘We were diverted to Lisbon because of a drunk female passenger who began to assault other passengers.
‘She also assaulted crew as well.
Police were filmed boarding the Wizz Air flight to take the woman (who is not visible in this shot) away amid local reports she had jeopardised the safety of the aircraft
The plane left Gatwick just before 5.30pm local time yesterday and was due to touch down in Funchal, Madeira (pictured) around 9.30pm
Low-cost airline Wizz Air is a Hungarian carrier which operates short-haul flights from 10 UK airports (file image)
‘We were informed after police boarded that the plane was due to leave Lisbon just after midnight, when it was supposed to have arrived at 9.25pm. That would mean us reaching our destination more than six hours late.’
Portuguese daily Correio da Manha said the problems had been caused by two ‘drunk passengers’ on board the Wizz Air Airbus A321 and reported both had been arrested.
Low-cost airline Wizz Air is a Hungarian carrier which operates short-haul flights from 10 UK airports including Gatwick and Luton in London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast International.
Portuguese police could not be reached early this morning for comment.
Wizz Air has been contacted for comment.
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