[Rudebwoy]

A Spanish woman was removed from a flight by police just moments before take-off for carrying a book and a scroll that she could not fit into her hand luggage, it has been claimed.

A video posted on facebook shows the woman being escorted off the aircraft by police at Valencia airport. The incident has prompted Twitter users in Spain to urge a boycott of the Irish low-cost carrier.

According to Spanish newspapers, Ryanair staff had instructed local police to remove the passenger from its aircraft moments before take-off because she had broken the rules over hand luggage, by carrying two items in her hand as they would not fit into her case.

The footage shows the woman begging with the officer to allow her on board. Other passengers can be heard offering to put the items in their own cases, before shouting "shameful, shameful" as the woman is escorted off the aircraft.

A spokesman for Ryanair claimed the woman had become disruptive and had "pushed past" staff at the gate without showing any identification.

"This passenger was in breach of airport security regulations, and having become disruptive was properly removed from the aircraft at the request of Ryanair agents," said a spokesman.

Ryanair allows passengers to carry only one piece of hand luggage with dimensions of 55cm by 40cm by 20cm or less and weighing up to 10kg. Anything larger must be checked into the hold: Ryanair currently charges between £15 and £30 per flight for a single bag weighing less than 15kg.

Earlier this year Ryanair increased its fee for placing luggage in the hold during peak periods, while this week it announced that it is extending the number of seats that can be reserved on its flights, for an additional charge of up to £15 each way.

Full story here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/avia...d-luggage.html

[Spiffyfable]

Really? Do the police have to be Pricks to make a point. Good PR would have been to let her fly with a warning

[Oswald2001]

She caused her own problems here.

Too bad they don't have stocks in the town square any more.

She could do with a couple of weeks in the stocks.

[Megamel29]

She's lucky she wasn't flying through O'Hair with a bottle of shampoo.

[kellyhound]

problem solved lol
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/ar...s-flights.html

[Megamel29]

Originally Posted by kellyhound ↗

problem solved lol
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/ar...s-flights.html

I'd only try that if I wanted to spend several hours going through security. They freak out over colostomy bags. No way is something like that getting through.