Five worst drunk passenger encounters on a plane
The IndependentSign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy In the week that a parliamentary select committee has advised restricting alcohol sales at airports, The Independent's travel team recall their worst experiences of drunks on a plane. Helen Coffey, deputy head of travel Once, on an after-work easyJet flight from London Gatwick to Palma Mallorca, my friends and I were unfortunately seated behind a row of extremely inebriated young men. Julia Buckley, acting head of travel I’ve had a few drunk passengers in my time, from the two men going to Budapest on easyJet the year before last who refused to sit down for landing and started shouting about the plane being shot down when the cabin crew passed round a collecting tin for Syrian refugees, to the young Chinese man on a BA flight to Shanghai who over-indulged on the in-flight wine and started flailing about, until one of the stewardesses strapped him in and talked to him till he passed out.
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