Women 'removed from Ibiza flight after hurling racist abuse at passengers'

'Disgusting behaviour': Passengers reportedly called the police
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Fiona Simpson15 September 2016

A Monarch airlines captain was forced to call 999 and have a group of women removed from his flight to Ibiza after they allegedly hurled racist abuse at other passengers.

Four women, thought to be aged between 20 and 25, were flying from Manchester to the party island last night when trouble reportedly erupted, the Manchester Evening News reported.

The group, who have not been identified, never left the UK after police were called when four separate groups of passengers asked to move away from them.

Amber Elouise Ferguson, 25, posted a picture of the abusive girls on Facebook and said passengers called 999 as the alleged abuse took place.

The captain also reportedly called the police after complaints were made to flight attendants.

Speaking from Ibiza, Ms Ferguson told the Mirror that the women abused her friends after they asked to be moved, before warning the 25-year-old that they would ‘deal with her’ when she complained to an air attendant.

Another man who asked them to stop arguing was also apparently subjected to a "racist slur".

Ms Ferguson branded the women’s behaviour as “disgusting”.

She told the Manchester Evening News : “Everyone on the way to Ibiza gets merry and loud but it’s usually just fun banter.

“They took it to a whole other level by using extremely racist words and threatening people. They caused nothing but trouble and verbally abused everyone in their path.

“It’s unacceptable, childish, uneducated behaviour. The girls should be utterly ashamed and disgusted with themselves.

“It could have ended up being a very dangerous flight.”

A Greater Manchester Police spokesman confirmed they were called to the incident.

A spokesman for Monarch told the newspaper that four passengers were removed from the flight, operated by Smartylynx with 158 passengers on board.

He added: “Monarch takes a zero tolerance approach to disruptive behaviour on board all of our flights. The safety and security of our passengers, crew and aircraft is our absolute priority.”

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