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A man became rude and abusive on an easyJet flight when cabin crew asked him to switch off his mobile phone before landing. It resulted in the police being called.
The flight was heading into Newquay, Cornwall, from Manchester. Devon and Cornwall Police said they were called to Newquay Airport at 4pm on Friday after the incident was reported.
It meant that the return flight back to Manchester was held back by more than an hour while police spoke to the man involved. It is a requirement of most aviation authorities that mobile phones are switched off during take-off and landing as they can interfere with cockpit equipment, reports CornwallLive.
There had been rumours that a stag party was responsible for the fracas, but police have not confirmed that. It is not known whether the man involved was drunk or not.
A police spokesperson said: “There was an incident at Newquay airport this afternoon. A passenger was talking on his mobile phone while the plane was landing. When the cabin crew asked him to turn off as is the procedure during landing and take-off, he refused and became very abusive to the staff.”
The spokesperson said that while the man was spoken to after the plane landed, no arrests were made.
