Moment ‘drunk’ British woman is dragged off Ryanair flight and thrown to the floor by security after ‘she assaulted passengers and forced plane to divert to Portugal’

A Ryanair flight from Tenerife to Scotland was diverted to Portugal after a woman began attacking and harassing other passengers. 

Video footage showed a woman being led off the grounded plane by several members of staff, which took place on a flight that was going from Tenerife to Prestwick on May 18. 

A second shot showed the woman being walked outside the plane on the tarmac of the Portugal airport. 

The clip then cuts to the woman, apparently in handcuffs in an airport shuttle bus, backing away from two officers as one of them appears to swing his fist at her stomach. 

The same cop then brought the woman to the ground, as the second officer reaches down. 

A member of staff could be seen walking by the bus as the woman was roughly handled by the two officers.

Blair Morgan, a passenger on the plane, told MailOnline that passengers were left terrified after the ‘angry, hostile passenger was being aggressive towards staff and other passengers.’

‘The passenger made a [false] bomb threat towards everyone on the plane, along with saying she would “bottle” people with a glass wine bottle. 

Police were seen bringing the woman to the ground

Video footage shared to TikTok showed a woman being led off the grounded plane by several members of staff as countless others filmed the incident

‘She was assaulting passengers whilst being drunk and vaping up and down the aisle. She was also standing up on seats, and taking people’s headphones off and talking to them, threatening to hurt and bottle them. 

‘She kept getting up and acting like a big hard person, like she ran the plane.’ 

Blair said: ‘A lot of passengers didn’t know what to do. Everyone was distressed and scared. It was really scary – it’s not something you really expect.’ 

He told MailOnline that the woman, who told others she was from Prestwick in Scotland, had been disruptive even before the flight, having loudly asked where everyone present at the gate was from. 

He said that she didn’t appear to be drunk at the gate, and was only inebriated on the plane. 

‘The flight attendants and pilots decided to divert it to the closest airport in Faro, Portugal. 

‘When we landed, the authorities came onboard and arrested her. She was then transferred to a bus outside the aircraft, where she got even more hostile. 

‘She was kicking, hitting and spitting at the guards, and the glass on the bus doors. The guards had no option other than pulling her to the ground. 

‘The lady was with her boyfriend during the flight, and he was also escorted off the flight… [which] then left and headed to Prestwick.’

A spokesperson for Ryanair told MailOnline: ‘This flight from Tenerife South to Glasgow Prestwick diverted to Faro after a passenger became disruptive onboard. 

‘Crew called ahead for police assistance, who met the aircraft upon landing at Faro Airport and offloaded this passenger before this flight continued to Glasgow Prestwick.

‘Ryanair has a strict zero tolerance policy towards passenger misconduct and will continue to take decisive action to combat unruly passenger behaviour, ensuring that all passengers and crew travel in a safe and respectful environment, without unnecessary disruption.’

It comes after Spanish police stormed a Ryanair flight from Newcastle to Alicante after five passengers began causing chaos in mid-air. 

Air traffic controllers request police board the plane, a Boeing 737 flying from Newcastle International Airport to Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport, after the five passengers began being disruptive. 

The pilot was given special permission to land the plane as soon as possible, which it did without incident. 

‘The passenger made a [false] bomb threat towards everyone on the plane’, said one passenger

The woman was described as an ‘angry, hostile passenger’

The woman was led off the plane by authorities 

Local media reported that after the plane landed and cops got on to identify the offending passengers, each of them fully ‘cooperated with the police at all times.’

A Ryanair spokesperson told MailOnline: ‘The crew of this flight from Newcastle to Alicante (18 May) called ahead for police assistance after a group of passengers became disruptive onboard. 

‘The aircraft was met by local police upon arrival at Alicante Airport and these passengers were removed.

‘Ryanair has a strict zero tolerance policy towards passenger misconduct and will continue to take decisive action to combat unruly passenger behaviour, ensuring that all passengers and crew travel in a safe and respectful environment, without unnecessary disruption.’