EasyJet flight diverted after woman ‘grabs emergency exit and screams about a bomb’

An easyJet flight was diverted after a passenger began screaming about a ‘bomb’ mid-air and telling passengers the plane was ‘going down’.

The Dalaman, Turkey, to Manchester flight was forced to land in Frankfurt on Saturday May 24 after a flyer was allegedly ‘grabbing the emergency exit.’

It was claimed the ‘erratic’ female passenger was ‘wrestled away’ from the door before the plane landed early in Germany.

EasyJet then told the holidaymakers that a ‘disruptive’ passenger forced the diversion of flight EZY2148.

An unnamed passenger told Manchester Evening News that the women allegedly began running up and down the plane screaming about a bomb.

The passenger added: ‘She then quickly jumped up and grabbed the emergency exit door handle cover and ripped it off.

‘She then went for the handle but was stopped by other passengers.

‘She was then taken the back of the plane by cabin crew and we were alerted that the plane would be doing an emergency landing.’

According to flight tracking website FlightRadar, the plane set off from Dalaman at around 11pm before being diverted around an hour later, landing in Frankfurt at 2.30am local time.

Passengers were then stuck in Germany until later on Sunday May 25, eventually landing in Manchester at 1.40pm.

An easyJet spokesperson said: ‘Flight EZY2148 from Dalaman to Manchester on May 24 diverted to Frankfurt due to a passenger behaving disruptively onboard.

‘Unfortunately, due to the airport curfew, the flight had to be delayed overnight and has since continued to Manchester today.

‘Due to limited airport ground handling availability overnight, we are aware that customers were required to remain onboard for longer than usual before they could disembark and we did everything we could to mitigate the impact of the delay.

‘As there was unfortunately limited hotel availability in the area, some customers stayed in the terminal where we provided refreshment vouchers to help make them as comfortable as possible.

‘easyJet’s cabin crew are trained to assess and evaluate all situations and to act quickly and appropriately to ensure that the safety of the flight and other passengers is not compromised at any time.

‘Whilst such incidents are rare we take them very seriously and do not tolerate abusive or threatening behaviour onboard. The safety and wellbeing of our customers and crew is easyJet’s highest priority.’

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