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| Newcastle Airport alert: Police remove 'drunk' passengers from Flybe plane | Newcastle Airport alert: Police remove 'drunk' passengers from Flybe plane |
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| Police boarded a plane due to take off at Newcastle Airport after the crew claimed some passengers were drunk. | Police boarded a plane due to take off at Newcastle Airport after the crew claimed some passengers were drunk. |
| Almost 70 passengers on Sunday's 14:25 BST to Stansted were delayed for about five hours after the incident. | Almost 70 passengers on Sunday's 14:25 BST to Stansted were delayed for about five hours after the incident. |
| Northumbria Police said four businessmen from London who were among a stag party were removed and spoken to by officers. | |
| Flybe apologised for the delay, adding it had a "zero tolerance" approach to unruly behaviour on its flights. | Flybe apologised for the delay, adding it had a "zero tolerance" approach to unruly behaviour on its flights. |
| A Northumbria Force spokesman said: "We were called by airport staff to help remove a group of drunk and disorderly passengers from a plane at Newcastle Airport. | A Northumbria Force spokesman said: "We were called by airport staff to help remove a group of drunk and disorderly passengers from a plane at Newcastle Airport. |
| "The group was escorted off the plane and spoken to." | "The group was escorted off the plane and spoken to." |
| 'Immediate action' | 'Immediate action' |
| No arrests resulted from the incident, but a 30-year-old man was reported for an offence under the aviation act. | No arrests resulted from the incident, but a 30-year-old man was reported for an offence under the aviation act. |
| A airline spokesman said: "Flybe sincerely regrets the inconvenience experienced by passengers. | A airline spokesman said: "Flybe sincerely regrets the inconvenience experienced by passengers. |
| "This resulted from the threatening and overly abusive behaviour exhibited towards the cabin crew immediately prior to departure, initially initiated by four members of a 13-strong stag party. | "This resulted from the threatening and overly abusive behaviour exhibited towards the cabin crew immediately prior to departure, initially initiated by four members of a 13-strong stag party. |
| "As such, and in line with a zero tolerance policy with any form of on-board behaviour that might in any way compromise the safe operation of any flight, the captain reported the situation to the police who took the necessary immediate action. | "As such, and in line with a zero tolerance policy with any form of on-board behaviour that might in any way compromise the safe operation of any flight, the captain reported the situation to the police who took the necessary immediate action. |
| "All 68 passengers were offloaded and those not involved in the incident were accommodated on an alternative flight." | "All 68 passengers were offloaded and those not involved in the incident were accommodated on an alternative flight." |
| Some passengers later took to social media claiming the incident had been overblown. | Some passengers later took to social media claiming the incident had been overblown. |