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Brussels Airlines Flight Delayed After 41 Unruly Passengers Removed
Travel Pulse ^ | 21 November 2016 | Donald Wood

Posted on 11/23/2016 9:35:19 AM PST by Lorianne

On Saturday, 41 unruly and aggressive passengers were removed from a plane as it prepared to take off for a flight from Belgium to Spain.

According to ABCNews.com, Brussels Airlines Flight SN3771 was preparing to take off from Brussels Airport en route to Alicante, Spain, when many of the passengers—including several reportedly intoxicated people—began causing disruptions for crew members.

The captain of the flight reportedly told the 136 passengers onboard that misbehaving would result in them being removed from the plane, but the rowdy crowd who were all part of the same group did not listen.

While taxiing along the runway at the Brussels Airport, the captain turned the plane around and returned to the gate. Once Flight SN3771 came to a stop at the gate, airport police boarded the plane, removed the 41 disruptive passengers and took them into custody.

As a result of the incident, Brussels Airlines was forced to unload the baggage of the disruptive passengers, causing a delay of two hours and 45 minutes. The airline was also forced to call a new crew in to avoid overtime and revised the flight number to SN3771A, according to RT.com.

Local media outlets reported no charges have been pressed due to the incident.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: aviation; belgium; brussels
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1 posted on 11/23/2016 9:35:19 AM PST by Lorianne
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To: Lorianne

Irish?


2 posted on 11/23/2016 9:37:43 AM PST by Emergencyawesome
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To: Emergencyawesome

Those darn chocolate eaters.


3 posted on 11/23/2016 9:39:12 AM PST by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat)
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To: Lorianne

Sounds like a large gang of college kids taking a long weekend vacation to the beaches in southern Spain, or something of the sort.

It’s a good thing Belgians are so intelligent, since they get to tell the EU what to do.


4 posted on 11/23/2016 9:40:29 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Lorianne

Officially described as “not Belgian”.


5 posted on 11/23/2016 9:42:00 AM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Blue Jays

Whoa...they appended an "A" onto the existing flight number?
That really is a very serious and somber response by authorities.

6 posted on 11/23/2016 9:42:24 AM PST by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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To: Lorianne

Don’t make me turn this plane around!


7 posted on 11/23/2016 9:43:01 AM PST by Gamecock (Gun owner. Christian. Pro-American. Pro Law and Order. I am in the basket of deplorables.)
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To: Lorianne

short flight, full fare


8 posted on 11/23/2016 9:43:53 AM PST by Thibodeaux (Exile Barack, Exile the Wookie, Exile Malia, Exile Shasha)
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To: Lorianne

There in lies a major part of the problem.....”no charges have been pressed”


9 posted on 11/23/2016 9:46:16 AM PST by HP8753 (Live Free!!!! .............or don't.)
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To: Emergencyawesome

[Irish?]

If it’s Brussels, I would guess they were “asian”....


10 posted on 11/23/2016 9:46:55 AM PST by ObozoMustGo2012
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To: ObozoMustGo2012

The Irish/Brits are well known for their drunken airline shenanigans


11 posted on 11/23/2016 9:52:45 AM PST by Emergencyawesome
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To: Emergencyawesome
The Irish/Brits are well known for their drunken airline shenanigans

My brother was living/working in central Europe from 2002 until last year. He informed me that the whole "ugly American" thing is a myth. It's the Brits that are the real trouble makers.

12 posted on 11/23/2016 9:58:16 AM PST by MAexile (Bats left, votes rights)
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To: Emergencyawesome

Just Liverpool football fans. Move on. Nothing to see here.


13 posted on 11/23/2016 9:59:07 AM PST by JusPasenThru (Well...bye.)
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To: Lorianne

So we decided to have a tribute to bullfighting on an airplane.

Is that so wrong?

The flight attendant thought it was funny that I used two empty beer bottles as horns.

Until I chased her down the aisle.

“Ole! Ole!”


14 posted on 11/23/2016 10:01:17 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Gamecock
"Don’t make me turn this plane around!"

LOL. My Dad.

"You Boys Don't Make Me Come Back There!"

15 posted on 11/23/2016 10:03:49 AM PST by blam (Jeff Sessions For President)
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To: Cicero

It’s a good thing Belgians are so intelligent, since they get to tell the EU what to do.
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If they were intelligent they wouldn’t be in the EU.


16 posted on 11/23/2016 10:10:04 AM PST by fortes fortuna juvat (Time for the 'TRUMP 2020' yard signs)
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To: blam; Gamecock
We always got a stern "Don't start something you can't stop" after the first poke at my sisters. Dear old Dad was warning that he was going to step in and stop it if we kept it up.
17 posted on 11/23/2016 10:12:57 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: MAexile

Brits like do two things,drink and fight,not necessarily in that order


18 posted on 11/23/2016 10:15:11 AM PST by Emergencyawesome
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To: Emergencyawesome

Amish gone wild!


19 posted on 11/23/2016 10:16:25 AM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: Lorianne

I didn’t even know the Philadelphia Eagles were playing a game in Spain.


20 posted on 11/23/2016 10:18:23 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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