The flight from Jeddah landed in Budapest with a total of 18 hours delay because one of the Hungarian passengers of the plane got into a fight with another traveller and then a member of the crew.
A Hungarian passenger got into a fight
A Hungarian passenger on the low-cost airline’s flight from Jeddah to Budapest started to act in an abusive way towards a fellow passenger when the flight was passing over Cairo, and then hit a member of the crew, according to the Budflyer Facebook page. The captain of the flight, therefore, ordered the immediate diversion of the plane to the airport of the capital of Egypt. However, the tied-up passenger was only removed from the plane more than 2 hours after landing, reports Index.
Instead of Budapest, the plane continued on to Larnaca
In the meantime, the working hours of the flight crew were coming to an end, so the plane continued in the direction of Larnaca instead of Budapest. In Cyprus, approximately 220 foreign passengers, most of them participating in the pilgrimage to Mecca, were transported by bus to a hotel in Larnaca and Nicosia, 50 kilometers away. The plane finally started its journey to Budapest 3 hours late compared to the originally planned take-off at 11.30 AM, where it landed a few minutes before 4.30 PM. The trip across three continents ended with a total delay of 18 hours, writes budapestkornyeke.hu.
Wizz Air’s reaction to the indecent
“Wizz Air confirms that flight W6 2296 from Jeddah to Budapest on 02/04/2023 was interrupted in Cairo after a passenger on the flight showed aggressive behavior towards a passenger and a crew member. The staff acted in accordance with Wizz Air’s safety protocol, and after restraining the aggressive passenger, interrupting their journey in Cairo, handed him over to the local authorities. Wizz Air apologizes to the affected passengers for the delay and possible inconvenience, but for the airline, the safety of passengers and staff is always the priority, so it applies zero tolerance to all possible forms of aggression, let it be verbal or physical, and acts strictly against them.” – the airline wrote to Index.