A busy Ryanair flight from Glasgow to London was delayed a staggering seven hours after a mass brawl broke out between passengers.
Flight RK329 was due to leave Glasgow Airport for London Stansted at 7pm on August 27, when passengers faced hours of disruption before the aircraft eventually left in the early hours of Friday morning.
Flight tracking information indicates the service did not depart until around 2.30am, more than seven hours after its scheduled departure time.
Ryanair later confirmed the flight left at 2.25am.
During the lengthy wait at the airport, one passenger posted on X claiming that a confrontation had broken out among people waiting to board.
The passenger warned the airline that there were “lots of pi***d blokes now fighting each other”, and went on to describe the eventual flight as an “interesting journey back” aboard a “pi***d up vomit comet”.
It is not clear from the post what led to the reported altercation, whether anyone was injured, or whether police were required to attend.
No further details about the alleged incident have been provided.
The incident took place on a Ryanair flight (file pic) | GETTY
The disruption was officially blamed by Ryanair on poor weather conditions at London Stansted, which affected the aircraft due to operate the Glasgow service.
The airline said adverse weather at Stansted prevented the inbound aircraft from leaving on schedule, resulting in the significant delay for passengers travelling from Scotland.
A Ryanair spokesman said passengers had been kept informed about the disruption through email, push notifications and updates via the airline’s mobile app.
The flight was delayed at Glasgow Airport for seven hours
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GETTYPassengers were also provided with refreshment vouchers while they waited for the flight to depart.
The airline said: “This flight from Glasgow to London Stansted was delayed due to adverse weather conditions at London Stansted Airport which prevented the inbound aircraft scheduled to operate this flight from departing Glasgow on time.”
According to flight tracking information, the aircraft eventually arrived after a flight time of around 57 minutes.
The incident only added to the disruption already experienced by passengers travelling between a busy Glasgow and busier London during a lengthy overnight wait.