I heard about this fight yesterday but a video emerged today showing two passengers fighting on the plane. LBCI reported that one of the passengers “got into a dispute with an air hostess before assaulting her, which prompted another passenger to rise to her defense and engage in a fistfight with the first passenger”. As a result, the plane had to make an emergency landing in Istanbul.
I wonder how stupid one has to be to assault a hostess in mid-air. This guy should be banned from flying for a year.
Hi, Do we know what happens to the passenger who started the fight?
I found this (below) but I am not sure what MEA does in these situations.
“As for the troublesome passenger, once subdued, their future’s not particularly rosy. The least they can expect is to be banned from that airline—likely forever—and it’s not unheard of for particular troublemakers to end up being unable to fly on practically any airline anywhere, more or less for the rest of their lives.
Not a good career move—or vacation situation—for most people.
Any sort of disruption that causes a diversion or a flight delay costs the airline thousands of dollars, and the troublemaker will certainly be required to compensate the airline for every dollar plus any additional fees and costs. (Bet you didn’t know that.)
Finally, there’s the legal side. Anything that involves the police waiting to escort you off a plane in handcuffs is never good, and the punishment for anything from smoking in the washroom to committing a violent act against a crewmember or passenger can be extremely serious. And yes, it can certainly involve imprisonment and a criminal record.”
Source: http://www.outpostmagazine.com/articles/columnists/simon-vaughan/933-fight-club-or-flight-club-consequences-of-fighting-on-airplanes