Dubai: Three unruly and disruptive passengers caused commotion in a Gulf Air flight, forcing the pilot to turn back to the airport to offload them. “Three passengers of a group of five on Gulf Air flight GF 019 from Bahrain to Paris behaved in an unruly and disruptive manner onboard after the flight took off from Bahrain airport,” an official said.
“Passengers sitting behind and in front requested them to be quiet as some of them were travelling with children. However, three passengers became violent and threatened the fellow passengers,” she said.
Efforts by the cabin crew to pacify them failed and the captain, considering the safety and security of the passengers, decided to return the plane to Bahrain to offload the disruptive passengers, the official said.
The plane was about 25 nautical miles east of Kuwait City when the captain made the decision.
She said that on arrival at Bahrain airport, all five passengers were offloaded, along with their baggage and handed over to the airport security. The passengers – all holding French nationality – are now in police custody pending investigations, she added.
Later, the flight left for Paris after a three-hour delay.
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