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This is the moment a group of Brits are escorted off an easyJet plane for refusing to stop vaping during a five-hour flight.
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group → see → flight
In footage captured by another passenger on the return flight to Birmingham from Larnaca, Cyprus, three women and a man are seen being ordered off by police.
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women → capture → police
They had earlier repeatedly taken puffs on a vape despite being asked to stop 'numerous times' by cabin crew, while also ignoring the complaints of nearby holidaymakers.
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They → take → holidaymakers
'The police are waiting for them downstairs,' one easyJet staff member is heard saying as the clip begins, before an officer interjects: 'Do you guys want to get off please?'
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guys → wait → them
The policeman adds: 'Just go that way.
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policeman → add → ?
We'll have a chat with you outside.'
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We → have → you
Eventually, following a brief delay, a grey-haired woman is followed off the flight by three others as dozens of other passengers wait patiently on the runway.
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dozens → follow → runway
Annalise Galstaun, 31, who filmed the footage on her phone, said the plane was held up for more than 20 minutes while staff tried to remove the foursome.
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staff → film → foursome
She fumed: 'Grown adults who can't wait to smoke their strawberry-flavoured crap.
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who → fume → crap
A group of Brits were hauled off an easyJet flight from Larnaca to Birmingham after they repeatedly ignored orders to stop vaping
Video footage taken by another passenger showed a staff member and a police officer asking the holidaymakers to leave the plane
Eventually three women and a man are led off the plane - after delaying the other passengers from leaving by more than 20 minutes
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women → haul → minutes
They were warned a few times by easyJet staff but continued to vape on the sly throughout the five-hour journey hiding the vape between their legs.
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They → warn → legs
'Staff had seen them numerous times and I think someone close complained too.'
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someone → see → them
Ms Galstaun also told how a number of passengers had become frustrated by the group's behaviour, with some children even left crying.
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children → tell → behaviour
She added: 'I felt annoyed as we were delayed around 20 to 25 minutes grounded on the floor waiting for them to be escorted.
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them → add → floor
There were children onboard crying, it's a long journey.'
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it → be → ?
A spokesperson for easyJet said of the incident on September 16: 'Flight EZY6610 from Larnaca to Birmingham on 16 September was met by police on arrival due to a group of passengers behaving disruptively onboard.
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EZY6610 → say → passengers
Our cabin crew are trained to assess all situations and to act quickly and appropriately to ensure that the safety of the flight and other customers is not compromised at any time.
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safety → train → time
We take these incidents seriously and do not tolerate disruptive behaviour onboard.
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We → take → behaviour
A spokesperson for West Midlands police said: 'We received a complaint of a disruptive passenger and we supported staff in asking someone to leave the plane.'
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we → say → plane
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