An Airbus A320 from EasyJet was given priority last Wednesday evening during the landing on the Spanish island of Tenerife after a passenger in the aisle urinated.
The device, registration G-Ezof, left 2:05 pm local time, almost half an hour later than the planning, from the English London Gatwick. Via Bournemouth it made the crossing to France, after which it passed the Gulf of Biscay and the west of Spain, including Portugal, the route to the Canary Island. However, towards the destination, a passenger would have caused a ‘significant disruption’ on board. One of the travelers is said to have shown ‘offensive’ and ‘threatening’ behavior towards fellow travelers.
Situation on board gets out of hand
The situation on board escalated when the nuisance passenger in the aisle started to urinate. The cabin crew had to intervene. The pilots begged according to the Canarian Weekly In the air traffic control to be allowed to make an emergency landing and requested the presence of doctors and the police. Air traffic controllers responded: together with the ground staff, coordination took place to make the necessary preparations. “They acted quickly and adequately to ensure that the safety of the flight and the other passengers were never in danger,” said a spokesperson for Easyjet The Mirror.
Emergency services are waiting for A320
Eventually the A320 arrived after four hours and fifteen minutes after take-off At the southern airport of Tenerife. “We can confirm that flight Ezy6607 from Birmingham to Tenerife was met by the police on July 2,” says the spokesperson. All in all, it is not known how the emergency services intervene after landing and what consequences the passenger awaits. It is not the first time that one of the occupants pee in a plane other than the usual place in an airplane. In 2023 the same happened during A flight from the United Kingdom on the way to Portuguese Faro.