Scottish stag party of 25 kicked off Jet2 flight for "drunken" behaviour

A 25-man stag group from Scotland was kicked off a flight before take-off after allegedly displaying drunken behaviour and 'intimidating cabin crew with foul and abusive language'.

The Jet2 flight was about to leave Prague International Airport for Glasgow when airline staff raised the alarm. 

The police were called and the men were removed from the plane.

The incident caused the flight to be delayed by almost two hours on Sunday, according to the Daily Record. 

The Boeing 737 was scheduled to leave the Czech Republic at 6.50pm, arriving in Scotland at 10.20pm, but didn't land until midnight as a result of the delay. 

Rowdy group

A spokesperson for Jet2 told MailOnline Travel: 'Jet2 last night (April 24) offloaded a stag group of 25 males from its Prague to Glasgow flight due to their disruptive behaviour. 

'The decision was made to offload the rowdy group as they were boarding, due to their offensive attitude and continued use of foul and abusive language.

'Police were called to escort the party off the aircraft after some of the men reportedly became abusive and intimidating towards our cabin crew.'

Phil Ward, managing director of Jet2.com, added: 'Our Onboard Together initiative supports our crew to take appropriate action to stamp out disruptive passenger behaviour on our flights, in order to protect both customers and fellow colleagues. 

'Many of our customers on this flight were concerned about the group's behaviour which is why we took decisive action to stop them from travelling. We will not let an unruly few stop people from having an enjoyable flight experience.' 

Correct manner

Details of the incident were shared on the Facebook page of the Daily Record, which said the group removed from the plane were Scottish.

Some comments left on the site by passengers alleged that the airline didn't handle the situation in the correct manner.

Leigh Rodgers, who claims there were 26 people removed from the flight, wrote: 'Absolute joke. Totally over the top on Jet2's behalf and all that resulted is 26 boys left stranded and all the rest of us three and a half hours delayed.'

And Alan Peacock added: 'Blown out of proportion. She kicked two guys off for having an unopened can. Air hostess dealt with the situation abysmally.'

Marina Fraser from Glasgow was also on the flight, which she described as a 'nightmare' when posting on Twitter.

Nightmare trip

'Nightmare trip home from Prague last night. Stag party delay Prague to Glasgow flight after being booted off plane,' she wrote. 

Last year, Jet2 handed lifetime bans to about 50 travellers who were abusive or disruptive towards staff and fellow passengers, and stopped nearly 500 people from travelling.

The zero-tolerance campaign was launched after the airline suffered a number of diversions or delays due to unruly passengers.

Under tougher rules Jet2 has threatened to send a £3,500 bill and pursue legal action against passengers whose behaviour results in a diversion.

Aggressive woman

In January, MailOnline reported on how an 'aggressive woman' who forced a flight to Newcastle Airport to divert to Ireland was banned for life and fined almost £7,000.

The 42-year-old from Sunderland received a lifetime ban from Jet2 and has been fined £6,800 for costs incurred after a flight from Tenerife to Newcastle was diverted on New Year's Day.

Flight LS518, which was carrying 161 passengers and six crew, was en route from Tenerife to Newcastle when it had to land at Shannon Airport in the West of Ireland after the passenger was verbally abusive to crew and became increasingly disruptive as the flight progressed.

To protect the safety of everyone onboard she was offloaded and handed over to the local police.

Local news sources in Ireland claimed at the time that the crew said the passenger was 'disruptive and intoxicated' and that 'they wanted to land and have her removed from the aircraft.'

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