AeroSvit Considering Filing Lawsuit Against Passenger Involved In Fight On …
The AeroSvit airline company (Kyiv) is considering filing a lawsuit against a passenger who started a fight on a Dubai (United Arab Emirates)-Kyiv flight, forcing an airplane to make an emergency landing at an airport in Simferopol (Crimea).
The press service of the airline company announced this in a statement.
According to preliminary information from the press service of AeroSvit, one of the passengers on the airplane started a conflict with other passengers about two hours before the airplane was scheduled to land at the Boryspil international airport (Kyiv region) and the conflict turned into a fight.
“The perpetrator, according to the crew of the airplane, was in a state of significant alcoholic intoxication, he behaved extremely aggressively, and he did not respond to appeals by flight attendants and other passengers. His actions threatened the safety of people on board, and his behavior was completely inappropriate,” the press service said in the statement.
The commander of the aircraft made the decision to make an emergency landing at the Simferopol airport after the instigator of the fight landed a heavy punch on a flight attendant that was trying to calm him down.
Airport police were summoned to remove the passenger from the airplane.
The flight attendant that was punched complained of sudden loss of vision upon arrival at the Boryspil airport, and he was advised to seek additional medical examination.
“The issue of putting the offender on the airline company’s list of undesirable passengers and demanding from him compensation of the airline company’s additional costs related to the emergency landing at the Simferopol airport are presently being considered,» the press service said in the statement.
The issue of filing a lawsuit against the passenger on behalf of the flight attendant will be decided based on the results of his additional medical examinations and his current state of health.
As Ukrainian News earlier reported, an airplane flying from Dubai to Kyiv made an emergency landing at the Simferopol international airport on April 17 because of a fight on the airplane.
A 26-year-old resident of Kyiv started the fight.