Police rush to Ryanair flight after issues attributable to ’30 drunk passengers’

A Ryanair flight from Bristol to Alicante in Costa Blanca was disrupted by “around 30 drunk passengers”. Problems on board the aircraft prompted Spanish air site visitors controllers to alert police concerning the passenger behaviour and ask for help upon touchdown at Alicante airport.

The Ryanair flight FR8296 left Birstol at 6pm on Saturday June 24 and arrived at Alicante airport simply after 9.20pm native time.

A tweet from an official Spanish air site visitors controllers account, @controladores, made the request. The message acknowledged: “Flight coming from the UK arriving at Alicante requests police presence upon arrival due to problems with around 30 drunk passengers”.

In addition, they acknowledged: “We reiterate our support for the crews and passengers who have to suffer these situations.”

The Civil Guard in Alicante has not been in a position to affirm if they’d responded to the request for help or whether or not they have made any arrests.

The reported disruption on the Ryanair flight comes days after the price range airline confirmed passengers wouldn’t have the ability to open alcohol they’d bought in duty-free on board their planes.

On flights heading to fashionable summer season locations together with Alicante, Barcelona, Ibiza, Malaga, Palma, and Tenerife South, Ryanair is banning passengers from bringing alcohol purchased at duty-free.

Bags will reportedly be searched on the gate, ensuring no one is violating the foundations.

In a Ryanair electronic mail, despatched to prospects and posted by One Mile At A Time, the price range airline defined the foundations: “In order to prioritise the comfort and safety of all passengers, Ryanair will implement the following restrictions on your upcoming flight to Spain. Customers will not be allowed to carry alcohol on board and all cabin baggage will be searched at the boarding gates.”

The email added: “Any alcohol purchased in airport shops or elsewhere must be packed carefully in a suitable item of cabin baggage, which will be tagged at the gate and then placed in the aircraft hold free of charge if you have purchased priority boarding or have a small piece of hand luggage. If the bag is unsuitable for placing in the hold (e.g. plastic bag) then customers will be required to dispose of the alcohol in the bins provided.”

Last week, Ryanair confirmed new rules surrounding duty-free items. A spokesperson for the airline said: “We are not ‘banning’ or ‘confiscating’ duty-free alcohol at boarding gates. As per Ryanair’s T&Cs, passengers can carry duty-free alcohol onboard but must not consume it during the flight.”

Having “drunk and disruptive” passengers on flights will not be a uncommon prevalence for airways.  In April 2019 police needed to haul a complete British soccer group off an easyJet aircraft when it landed at Alicante Airport.

A spokesman for the Civil Guard confirmed on the time officers needed to take away the 25 members of the novice group as a result of they’d “displayed an aggressive attitude during the flight, causing public order problems and bothering other passengers and ignoring requests by the flight crew to calm down.”

The spokesman added: “Most of them also clearly appeared to be under the influence of alcohol.”

Ryanair has been approached by Express.co.uk for touch upon the current disturbance on flight FR8296.