THIS is the second courageous passengers banded collectively to deal with a person shouting that he had a bomb throughout an easyJet flight – earlier than claiming he wished to “ship a message” to Donald Trump.
The dramatic incident on Sunday morning (July 27) – caught on movie and despatched to The Solar – noticed the packed jet pressured into an emergency touchdown at Glasgow Airport.
EquippedThe person was pinned down by different passengers[/caption]
EquippedThey held him on the bottom through the emergency touchdown[/caption]
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The offender was then cuffed and hauled off the plane by round half a dozen cops, with panicked passengers left in tears.
Within the video, he could be heard saying: “I wished to ship a message to Trump… he’s in Scotland.”
The US president is presently on a go to to the nation and has been noticed enjoying golf over the weekend.
‘I’ve obtained a bomb’
A witness stated he awakened instantly round 8am, beneath an hour after taking off from Luton, to the person popping out of the bathrooms in the back of the aircraft inflicting a commotion.
The passenger – who didn’t want to be named – instructed us: “He actually got here out of the bathroom shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ together with his arms above his head.
“Then he stated ‘I’ve obtained a bomb, I’ve obtained a bomb’ – at this level folks had been confused.
“I believed he was joking, I imply it’s a bizarre joke.”
The 39-year-old – who was flying into the Scottish metropolis for his dad’s party – went on to say: “He pushed the airline workers and was being aggressive in the direction of them. He was an enormous man, about six foot and so they had been these petite ladies.
“When he pushed them, that’s when issues modified.
“At that time one man managed to seize him from behind and pull him down, then everybody jumped on prime of him.
“He was combating a bit on the ground, however at this level he knew he’d f***** up.”
He described how three passengers pinned the person down, including: “I used to be proper there, there wasn’t a lot for me to do, so I believed I’ll movie it.”
The footage consists of the flight attendants clambering over the seats of their excessive heels, as they went to verify the person’s bag, and “realised there wasn’t a bomb”, the witness stated.
“The pilot introduced he was making an emergency touchdown and took the aircraft down so rapidly,” he continued.
“Everybody who wasn’t restraining him was instructed to sit down down. The three guys pinning him down, they landed while pinning him down. It was unimaginable.
“I’ve by no means seen that earlier than. The airline workers, they had been all ladies, they had been actually shaken up by it, however they had been tremendous skilled.”
He added: “A number of the passengers had been crying as a result of they had been shaken up. It was only a bit surreal.”
He stated they’d managed to get the person’s pockets out of his pocket and he seemed to be an Indian nationwide, and he was instructed he was carrying a refugee standing card.
Because the aircraft got here into land, the witness stated he held up one of many passengers sat on the “bomber” to forestall him toppling over.
He stated passengers feared they’d should land elsewhere however truly got here down at Glasgow, the flight’s unique vacation spot, and “taxied actually rapidly after which slammed on the brakes at a distant a part of the runway”.
EquippedFlight attendants clambered over the seats of their excessive heels[/caption]
EquippedThe easyJet plane got here into land at a distant a part of Glasgow Airport[/caption]
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Hearth engines then swarmed the scene earlier than six law enforcement officials got here on board the aircraft from the again.
The witness defined: “The primary copper didn’t f*** round, he stated ‘look, don’t mess about otherwise you’ll go straight down’. By this level the man had calmed down. He’d admitted he didn’t have a bomb. He gave up.
“We waited there on the runway for about 10 minutes, the blokes nonetheless pinning him, ready for the police – it wasn’t very lengthy nevertheless it felt like ages.”
The witness, from London, and others concerned had been requested to remain behind to offer statements and hand over video, whereas the opposite passengers had been taken off the aircraft.
In a single piece of footage, because the offender is led out of the aircraft in handcuffs, he turns again and asks “my telephone and pockets?” and somebody could be heard saying “f*** off” earlier than a number of passengers chortle.
A Police Scotland spokesperson stated: “We obtained a report of a person inflicting a disturbance on a flight arriving in Glasgow round 8.20am on Sunday, 27 July, 2025.
“A 41-year-old man was arrested in connection and additional enquiries are ongoing.”
They later added: “At the moment we imagine the incident was contained and that no one else was concerned.
“We’re conscious of movies circulating on-line and these are being assessed by counter terrorism officers.”
An easyJet spokesperson stated: “Flight EZY609 from Luton to Glasgow this morning was met by police on arrival in Glasgow, the place they boarded the plane and eliminated a passenger as a consequence of their behaviour onboard.
“easyJet’s crew are educated to evaluate all conditions and act rapidly and appropriately to make sure that the protection of the flight and different prospects is just not compromised at any time.
“The security and wellbeing of our prospects and crew is at all times easyJet’s highest precedence.”
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EquippedThe person instructed passengers he wished to ‘ship a message’ to Donald Trump[/caption]
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