'Zip it!': Tui flight attendant praised for reaction to racist remarks as flight erupts into chaos

Sign 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 A flight attendant has gone viral for telling passengers on a flight to Lanzarote to “zip it” after one group said other travellers were making racist remarks. The video, captured on a December 2023 Tui flight from London Gatwick to Lanzarote in the Canary Islands, shows a flight attendant trying to quell chaos that erupted on the journey. The video, which was by @Zaypip on TikTok and has amassed 1.9 million view, shows a flight attendant yelling: “If I hear one more remark from anybody, I will be ringing the pilots and they will be getting the police.” In the next clip, the flight attendant returns to the area and asks “What did I just say?” to which one passenger replies “They are threatening me”. While the context is not clear from the videos, Zaypip, who was travelling with her British-Iranian travelling companions told the Mail Online that a group on the plane had been “causing chaos” throughout the flight and made racist remarks.