Posted on 08/19/2015 5:52:19 AM PDT by Gamecock
A passenger had half his ear bitten off in mid-air on a holiday flight packed with horrified families.
The sickening attack happened as a Jet2 flight between Newcastle and Ibiza was coming in to land in the island resort.
The passenger has been receiving treatment in Spain in an attempt to save his ear after he was savaged on Sunday night shortly before the plane touched down at 7.20pm.
The flight to the party island was carrying a mix of young clubbers and families when the man came running down the cabin covered in blood with his ear "hanging off."
There were screams from a group of young women on board and parents tried to shield their children's eyes from the gruesome sight.
One passenger said the attack appeared to have taken place as the plane came in to land.
The source said: "It was absolutely sickening and I find it unbelievable that anyone would do that at all to another human being.
"But to bite someone's ear off on a plane packed with other people at such close quarters and with families sitting around him is absolutely appalling, people were getting off the plane complaining of feeling physically sick."
Another man on the flight, a father of two travelling with his wife and family, described what happened.
He said: "The victim was a man aged somewhere between 18 and 25. He was with a group of friends who were sitting in front of us but he was sitting towards the back of the flight.
"He kept coming to chat to his mates and then returning to his seat as the flight went on.
"When the plane was taxiing to Ibiza Airport the guy came running down the plane towards his friends.
"He took his T-shirt off and we could see he was covered in blood and that half his ear was just hanging off.
"The steward took him to the front of the plane. We never saw the person that did it but they guy was shouting: "Someone just bit my ear off. Who does that?
"We were all kept on the plane for 20 minutes and when we got off the police were waiting. It was a relief to get off and an absolutely horrible thing to happen in a confined space in front of families.
"It was a horrible start to the holiday."
Phil Ward, Managing Director of Jet2.com said the airline was aware of the incident on Sunday.
He added: "We are working closely with Northumbria Police and the parties involved to fully investigate the reported incident so that we can take the appropriate action.
"The safety of our customers is of utmost importance to us and aggressive behaviour will simply not be tolerated."
A spokesman for Northumbria Police said: "We have received a report of an assault on an aeroplane in Ibiza on Sunday evening and enquiries are ongoing."
A spokesman for the Civil Aviation Authority said: "We support UK airlines' efforts to deal with disruptive passengers to ensure the safety of all those on board, and welcome criminal prosecutions where appropriate."
On the same afternoon police raced onto the tarmac at Newcastle airport to escort a stag party from a Flybe flight to Stansted.
The plane was stopped seconds from take-off after a 30-year-old man failed to leave the toilet. Police arrived and the man was taken away.
All 68 passengers had to return to the terminal and wait five hours for a replacement crew and flight.
But the entire stag party was then told they could not board the Flybe jet from Newcastle to Stansted.
London cabbie Stephen Latimer, 47, who was one of the group, said: “When we were called to the gate again they said Flybe were refusing to fly our whole group.
“It is disgusting. They made a mountain out of a molehill.”
Flybe blamed “threatening and abusive” behaviour from the group. Police said the man was reported for an Aviation Act offence.
"It was a horrible start to the holiday."
Love the way the person turned the experience back on himself. No concern for the guy whose ear bitten off.
Who bit his ear?
Was Mike Tyson on this flight?
Newcastle to Ibiza
More like a bar with a few families mixed in than a flight...
Airlines charge extra for having body parts bitten off...
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Within the media, there are no longer any composition standards regarding the English language. If it feels good, print it.
I guess this just gnaws on him...
“Who does that?”
Having just lost an ear, not even Miss Manners would say that first.
The same thing happened to my sister in Saskatoon.
Guess the bag of peanuts wasn’t enough.
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears....
My thought as well......................
Alcohol, a Mohammadan, Bath Salts or a Mohammadan ?
A Mohammadan on Bath Salts!
Third world cannibalism?
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