Posted on 02/13/2026 8:05:02 AM PST by DFG
Fists were flying.
Shocking footage showed the moment a brawl broke out aboard a Jet2 flight from Antalya, Turkey to Manchester, UK, forcing an emergency landing in Belgium.
“Flight LS896 from Antalya to Manchester diverted to Brussels yesterday, due to the appalling behavior of two disruptive passengers,” airline reps told the Post. “They were both offloaded by police in Brussels and the flight continued to Manchester.”
Disturbing footage shows passengers exchanging blows in the aisle as onlookers swear, scream and plead with others not to “get involved.”
One “shaken up” fly-witness recounted the ugly incident, claiming that “what should have been a straightforward journey” devolved into one of the most “distressing experiences” they’d ever had, the Sun reported.
They claimed that an allegedly inebriated male passenger sitting behind them began “making racist remarks.” While they initially chose to ignore him, the passenger “escalated” his offensive tirade.
“Although he had been drinking on the flight, he was fully aware of his surroundings, knew exactly what he was saying, and was oriented throughout,” they recalled.
Things came to a head after the hellion was “unable to purchase cigarettes,” whereupon he grew aggressive toward crewmembers.
He then “became confrontational, intimidating, and openly racist towards the Pakistani passengers around him,” the traveler recalled.
Flight attendants tried to calm the bozo, but to no avail as he continued to act “hostile and aggressive,” eventually causing a brawl to erupt at 30,000 feet.
“At one point it became very physical,” the eyewitness recalled. “Passengers were distressed. People were frightened. The atmosphere turned chaotic.”
Following the pilot’s decision to divert to Brussels, the two unidentified troublemakers were escorted off by authorities, after which the flight continued onto its destination, landing at 10 p.m.
The miscreants have since been placed on the carrier’s no-fly list.
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Have a nice day. Thank you for flying Trans American.
It's more prevalent in aircraft due to thinner air getting people more drunk faster, but especially when airlines cheap out and don't pressurize the cabin to a low enough altitude.
As soon as I saw the comment, I knew it would be you.
Out of all the thousands of FR posters, it usually is.
"One “shaken up” fly-witness recounted the ugly incident"
“As soon as I saw the comment, I knew it would be you.”
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Thank you for complimenting me on my factual posting.
I see we were thinking on the same wavelength, lol..
“Gasoline-powered leaf blower?”
Gasoline power tools can go with checked baggage if they are purged of fuel and vapors but the tool itself has to go in checked baggage, not a carry on.
You’d be surprised what people have tried to walk on with.
5. Power tools
Perhaps, not so surprising, If you are a jet-setting carpenter or plumber, check-in bag fees will eat into your income, as you are not permitted to carry on essential tool bag items. Power tools, including drills and drill bits, and other tools that are longer than 7 inches, such as screwdrivers, wrenches, and pliers, are not allowed on a plane carry-on. So a leaf blower and chain saw, two items that have been attempted, are not going to get past the TSA.
wy69
How about a leaf blower powered chiminea?
“WHAT THE HE!! ARE YOU DOING?
YOU’RE BURNING THE $HIT OUT OF MY PLANTS!”
From the “boys will be boys” file (37 seconds)
I would suppose, from a safety outlook, those tools carried on in a passenger cabin space might get used to harm fellow passengers or to breach the integrity of the pressurized cabin in flight.
“...those tools carried on in a passenger cabin space might get used to harm fellow passengers or to breach the integrity of the pressurized cabin in flight...”
You are right. And using them to loosen the seats or the overhead doors falls into that problem, also. Not to mention trying to break into the pilot’s cockpit.
wy69
So there’s no personal responsibility, it’s the airplanes fault people act stupid.
Airplane's fault???
No, it's the decisionmaker who decides not to pressurize the cabin to the proper altitude.
As for personal responsibility, if you ordered single mixed drinks and the server intentionally increased the alcohol exponentially without informing you (alcohol affects you worse and faster at high altitudes), that responsibility is on the server and the establishment, not the recipient.
https://cyalcohol.com/article/does-alcohol-hit-you-faster-at-higher-altitudes
responsibility is on the server and the establishment, not the recipient.
This is where we disagree. I agree that the server should not “over serve” as a matter of the profession. But ultimately it is the responsibility of the drinker to not “over drink”.
This isn't about "over drinking". If an alcohol manufacturer marked the bottle as 60 proof but it was actually 120 proof, they're liable.
In the case of airplanes, airline management decides they want to save money by not pressurizing the cabin to the proper altitude - which means that alcohol hits drinking passengers faster and harder. They know it but do it anyway. That's on them, not the unsuspecting passengers.
We can disagree but the law doesn't. Lawyers get charges dropped against drunken passengers all the time because the airlines regularly underpressurize the cabins.
And swamp lawyers love the deep pockets of the airlines and insurance companies over those of the passenger.
To take your logic a step further, why not let the swamp cast the vote on behalf of the ordinary citizens.
Society loses anytime the individual can say someone else is responsible for my bad behavior when that bad behavior was done voluntarily.
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