Passenger passing gas refuses to stop and causes emergency landing

A pilot had to make an emergency landing after a man's flatulence led to fisticuffs. The man breaking wind refused to stop and it came to blows.

Two flying Dutchmen sitting next to the gas-passing passenger reportedly asked the man to put a cork in it, but he refused and continue to fart at will aboard a Transavia Airlines flight from Dubai to Amsterdam Schiphol.

The crew of the budget airline supposedly did nothing to assist passengers after they complained, Metro reported, and a fight broke out between the men. The pilot cautioned the men to stop but the fight continued and the plane was diverted to Vienna Airport, where it made an emergency landing.

Police bravely boarded the plane on landing and removed two women and two men as reported by the pilot to be "passengers on the rampage." 

The women who were removed are sisters and plan to take the airline to court claiming they had nothing to do with the altercation and would never pass wind outside the privacy of their home or on an empty elevator. Nora Lacchab, 25, and a law student, called the incident "humiliating."

"We had no idea who these boys were, we just had the bad luck to be in the same row and we didn't do anything. All I will say is that the crew were really provocative and stirred things up," Lacchab told De Telegraph.

All four passengers were released from police custody without being charged but are banned from flying Transavia Airlines in the future. 

An airline spokesperson said in a statement:

"Our crew must ensure a safe flight. When passengers pose risks, they immediately intervene. Our people are trained for that. They know very well where the boundaries are. Transavia is therefore square behind the cabin crew and the pilots."

Transavia's motto is: "Try Our Beans and Cabbage Soup."


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