Now wouldnt you just love if the Irish would stand up to O'leary like this......... All 166 passengers on a Ryanair flight were forced off the plane at Lanzarote airport in the Canary Islands after a large number of travellers became disruptive.
A group of 100 passengers were accused of staging a 'mutiny' after they sparked a row over baggage charges on the flight to Charleroi, Belgium.
The incident is said to have started when the airline asked some passengers to pay extra fees for carry-on luggage that was over the size limit allowed.
According to Spanish newspaper La Provincia, the travellers involved refused to follow instructions and 'mutinied' on the plane.
The pilot decided to ask for police assistance shortly before the plane was due to take-off and all passengers on board were then ordered to get off the plane immediately.
Authorities only allowed 66 of them to board the aircraft again. Meanwhile the 'disruptive' passengers, reportedly all Belgian students, were removed from the flight.
Budget airline Ryanair said in a statement: "Ryanair apologises sincerely to the 66 remaining passengers who suffered a 3-hour delay while Ryanair and the local police were dealing with this disruptive group. Ryanair's handling agent in Lanzarote will be reaccommodating some of this group on later flights to Charleroi but any individuals who engaged in disruptive behaviour or refused to follow crew instructions will not be allowed to fly."
Some of the students managed to catch alternative flights, but about 70 of them remained stranded last night.