11 Mar, 2024 @ 09:46
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Flight-mare: Passenger ‘punches and pulls hair of cabin crew’ in frenzied attack that forces plane to abort landing at Spain’s Malaga airport

A FLIGHT was forced to abort landing at Malaga airport after a passenger ‘punched and pulled the hair of cabin crew’. 

The passenger was detained upon landing in Malaga. Photo: Fuengirolasequeja

The plane, coming from Rabat, Morocco, was just about to land on the Costa del Sol when the passenger tried to go to the toilet. 

When the flight attendants reminded the woman the fasten seatbelt sign was on and asked her to sit down, she began hitting them and pulling their hair. 

This forced the pilot to abort the landing, planned for 10am on Sunday, March 10. 

The aircraft did a loop while the woman was subdued and tied to her seat, according to Instagram account, Fuengirolasequeja. 

Once the flight landed half an hour later, the passenger was detained by Guardia Civil officers.

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Yzabelle Bostyn

Yzabelle Bostyn is an NCTJ trained journalist who started her journalistic career at the Olive Press in 2023.
Before moving to Spain, she studied for a BA in English Literature and Hispanic Studies at the University of Sheffield.
After graduating she moved to the university’s journalism department, one of the best in the UK.
Throughout the past few years, she has taken on many roles including social media marketing, copywriting and radio presenting.
She then took a year out to travel Latin America, scaling volcanoes in Guatemala and swimming with sharks in Belize.
Then, she came to the Olive Press last year where she has honed her travel writing skills and reported on many fantastic experiences such as the Al Andalus luxury train.
She has also undertaken many investigations, looking into complex issues like Spain’s rental crisis and rising cancer rates.
Always willing to help, she has exposed many frauds and scams, working alongside victims to achieve justice.
She is most proud of her work on Nolotil, a drug linked to the deaths of many Brits in Spain.
A campaign launched by Yzabelle has received considerable support and her coverage has been by the UK and Spanish media alike.
Her writing has featured on many UK news outlets from the Sun to the Mail Online, who contracted her to report for them in Tenerife on growing tourism issues.
Recently, she has appeared on Times Radio covering deadly flooding in Valencia.

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