A Wizz Air flight from Bucharest to Dubai was diverted and made an unscheduled landing in Turkey after passengers were threatened by two other passengers, the company said.
Most of the passengers on the Feb. 2 flight were from Romania, according to local press reports.
One of the passengers on the flight gave Gândul an eyewitness account.
”There were two Pakistani nationals who were saying “I will kill you’. They held lighters above where the oxygen masks are kept. Romanian passengers immobilized the Pakistanis. One girl had a panic attack and was so scared, she fainted,” the passenger said.
Video shows police boarding the plane in Turkey. One of the passengers was handcuffed.
Two passengers were taken off the plane in Ankara, Wizz Air said in a statement.
After a delay of 90 minutes, the flight refueled and took off for Dubai.
„The Wizz Air W6 3265 from Bucharest to Dubai was diverted to Ankara after two passengers became unruly and behaved in an abusive way,” a statement in Romanian said.
„Our cabin crew handled the situation. The commander decided to fly to Ankara where police intervention was asked for. It landed without incident. Passengers were taken off by police.”
The flight landed in Dubai at 23:46 local time about two and a half hours late, company websits showed.
„Passenger safety is our main priority. The airline has zero tolerance to abusive behavior to passengers and staff,” the statement said.
