Passenger escorted off Singapore Airways flight over unruly behaviour

SINGAPORE: A passenger was escorted off a Singapore Airways (SIA) flight Tuesday (Nov 8) after behaving in an unruly method, the airline stated on Wednesday.

In a video circulating on social media, the person was seen arguing with an SIA crew member for not giving him water on flight SQ711, which had simply arrived in Singapore from Bangkok.

The passenger might be heard utilizing expletives and threatening to push the crew member over. He was then escorted out of the airplane by a safety officer.

In response to CNA queries, SIA stated that the passenger “was behaving in an unruly method in the course of the meal service”.

“After his a number of requests for alcohol, our cabin crew assessed the state of affairs and politely declined to serve him alcohol to make sure the security of the opposite prospects on board the flight,” SIA added.

The passenger additionally didn’t adjust to security directions from the cabin crew, and “prompted annoyance and inconvenience” to the opposite passengers on board.

The person was handed over to auxiliary police upon arrival at Singapore Changi Airport.

“The security of our prospects and workers is at all times our high precedence”, stated SIA, including that it apologises to all passengers on board the flight for the inconvenience prompted.