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Passengers on a Ryanair flight couldn’t believe it when a group of rowdy Scots started a rave on the plane.
The group of around 70 boozy revellers blasted loud music from a boombox while swigging vodka from the bottle, video footage shows.
The group of both boys and girls can be seen chanting ‘lads lads lads’ whilst dance music is blaring from the speakers/
Holiday-makers have said the carnage carried on throughout the three hour flight from Edinburgh to Ibiza.
One couple was left cowering in their seats after the drunken louts caused chaos onboard the plane.
The married duo from North Lanarkshire were looking forward to a relaxing break when they boarded the plane, but were instead subjected to a ‘horrific’ three hours of travel.
The lads swigged Grey Goose vodka they had bought from duty-free (Picture: Media Scotland)
They had a boombox and were playing dance tunes throughout the flight to Ibiza (Picture: Media Scotland)
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The woman told how her husband, 58, who has a heart condition, was accosted on the way back from the bathroom by a boozed-up youth, who hit his hand before making a rude gesture.
Other passengers were also allegedly subjected to verbal abuse and harassment by members of the group with plane staff unable to calm them.
After returning from holiday, a formal complaint was made to the airline over the incident but the couple received a ‘copy and paste’ reply on November 26, which took ‘no responsibility and gave no assurances that it wouldn’t happen again’.
The 55-year-old mum said: ‘The response from Ryanair was a joke. I didn’t expect any else though to be honest.
‘They’ve got you there because it’s cheap flights but even though it’s a bargain, you shouldn’t have to go through that. Passenger safety comes first.’
‘There was no control over that plane at all. It was horrific from the minute we got on. There were about 70 of them who all came from the same area.
‘They were banging on the roof, taking their tops off, and opening their drink that they had bought at duty free.
‘The only time Ryanair came near them was to serve them more drink.
And the chaos continued as the plane prepared to land amid bad weather on the Balearic island.
The stressed traveller added: ‘When we went to land, there was a storm which was bad enough. The air hostess was shouting over the speaker to sit down or the plane wasn’t going to land because they were all still standing up.
The grainy footage shows the drunken revellers on board the plane (Picture: Media Scotland)
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‘There were no police waiting for them at the airport. I understand that they were happy and excited about going on their holiday.
It could have been an absolute riot because they were banging into people, shouting in peoples faces. There could have been a war on that plane.
‘I get that you’ve got to expect a bit of partying and I understand that. But my husband and I have had a tough year with lots of sad things happening so we thought we’d go away and chill out.’
‘We got off the flight and were like ‘Oh my God, we need a drink’.
’The couple have vowed never to fly with Ryanair again after they took a month to reply to their complaint and simply apologised for ‘any inconvenience caused’.
A spokesperson for Ryanair said: ‘A group of passengers on this flight from Edinburgh to Ibiza became disruptive mid-flight.
’To diffuse the situation and minimise any disruption to passengers, crew made several announcements throughout the flight and refused to serve more than two alcoholic drinks to each passenger.
’Passengers ceased their disruptive behaviour before landing safely in Ibiza.’
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The group of lads took their tops off and were blasting music on the three hour flight to Ibiza.
