Drunken passengers removed from flight

A Ryanair flight from Edinburgh to Lanzarote was forced to turn round half an hour after take-off so that three drunken passengers who were causing a disturbance could be removed.

According to a report, the passengers were drinking vodka, using an e-cigarette and shouting. After a delayed take-off at 3.45 pm, the captain took the decision to return to Edinburgh, where police detained the three troublemakers. The flight eventually arrived at Lanzarote at 11.15 pm.

The incident follows the news that Ryanair had banned five passengers for life after they disrupted a Liverpool to Tenerife flight in May. The three men and two women were accused of drinking and “inappropriate sexual behaviour in front of children.”