Police were called after a man on an easyJet flight became abusive towards cabin crew who asked him to switch his mobile phone off.
The flight, from Manchester Airport to Newquay, was about to land on Friday afternoon when a male passenger became rude to staff. There have been rumours that a stag party was responsible for the fracas, but this has not been confirmed by police.
Devon and Cornwall Police confirmed they were called to the airport at 4pm on Friday after the landing incident was reported to them. The incident meant that the turnaround flight back to Manchester - EZY324 - was delayed by more than one hour while police dealt with the passenger in question.
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A police spokesman told Cornwall Live : "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 spokesman said that while the man was spoken to after the plane landed, no arrests have been made.
Most aviation authorities require that phones are switched off on flights because they could interfere with signals on the plane or on the ground. Over the years some crew members have noted that when a passenger switched on their phone, there was a loss of signal in the cockpit or some instruments malfunctioned.
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