This happened last Saturday on a Sun Express flight from Dublin to Izmir.
The man is said to have stripped off shortly after takeoff, before waving his genitals at other passengers.
He is then alleged to have asked a horrified stewardess for sex.
It is reported the man then began to jump on seats, cheered on by his group of friends.
The pilot diverted to Belgrade. Serbian police met the aircraft. The passenger “became abusive to staff on the ground and was arrested and detained until he sobered up.”
A female companion — who apparently was a model of civility on the flight — became abusive to police on the ground and was arrested as well.
The aircraft was on the ground for nine hours before continuing on to Turkey.
Oddly, Dublin doesn’t appear to be a booking option on the Sun Express website. I presume, then, that this was a charter flight. The charters I’ve been on have been rather unruly.
SunExpress is jointly owned by Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines. They have their own frequent flyer program – Sunpoints – and operates predominantly Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
Rumor has it the passenger in question lacked elite status in the Sunpoints program and was thus requesting benefits he wasn’t entitled to without ancillary fees.
It amazes me that not everyone has figured out yet that behavior like this isn’t a good idea on an aircraft.
(HT: uggboy on Inside Flyer)
No picture of the stewardess?
He fixes the cable?
Why do I always miss these flights? 🙂
@Ford – well done.
@credit
Why? What would a picture of her add to the article?
Don’t be a creep.
“He is then alleged to have asked a horrified stewardess for sex.”
“Rumor has it the passenger in question lacked elite status in the Sunpoints program and was thus requesting benefits he wasn’t entitled to without ancillary fees.”
Sooooo, lemme get this straight…
Sex with a stewardess is INCLUDED if you have elite status in the Sunpoints program?
No wonder airlines make BILLIONS in ancillary fees!
I’ve definitely been flying the wrong airlines.
“It amazes me that not everyone has figured out yet that behavior like this isn’t a good idea on an aircraft.”
Your statement makes it seem that behavior like this IS acceptable at other times.
coffee, tea, or me?
Yup, I can guess what happens next! Gary writes a horrendous, cringeworthy BuzzFeed clickbait headline.
Ah, the old Ted Kennedy pickup approach.
No smart phones capturing all this?
STOP WITH THE CLICKBAIT TITLES. This isn’t Buzzfeed, son.
What’s next?
“Five weird tricks for maximizing credit card bonuses: You won’t believe #3!!”
Actually I just thought it was funny, because it was obvious what would happen next, as in what did the guy think would happen??’