Plane diverted to Vienna after couple's 'fierce' dispute
A plane flying from London to Taipei via Bangkok had to be diverted to Vienna in Austria after a man and a woman on the flight got into a "fierce argument." See what happened after the plane landed.
A woman apparently threw thousands of dollars in loose bills at a man on an airport runway after the couple was escorted off a plane in the wake of a "fierce argument" between them during a flight, according to passengers and British news agency SWNS.
After the couple's on-flight fight, the airplane had to be diverted, onlookers said.
People who had been traveling on vacation said "trouble flared" between the couple when the plane was about five hours into the evening flight from Heathrow, London, to Bangkok, Thailand, on Sept. 30.
They said the couple had "a blazing row" and the pilot then told passengers that for safety reasons he would have to turn back and land in Vienna, Austria. That diversion reportedly added more than two hours to the trip.
Video shows police escorting the couple in question off the flight.
This was the scene at a Vienna airport where a woman threw what appeared to be a large amount of cash at a man after they were kicked off the plane. The flight was diverted after the couple had "a blazing row" and the man was restrained in his seat. (SWNS)
Once on the runway, the woman can be seen throwing cash at the man, according to a video of the scene shared by SWNS.
Onlookers described it as "£5,000," or a little more than $6,000 in U.S. dollars.
Notes can be seen flying in the air.
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The money landed all over the tarmac before the man, as well as airport workers, stopped to pick them up.
"They kept talking about money. He would say, ‘She’s got my £5,000 in her bag.’"
Andy Singh, 63, was traveling to Thailand for a month-long vacation, SWNS reported, and witnessed the odd scene.
He said, "The lady and the man, they were already intoxicated. … They kept talking about money. He would say, ‘She’s got my £5,000 in her bag.’"
A "fierce argument" between a man, above, and a woman during a flight from London to Bangkok led to the plane's diversion to Austria and a police escort of the couple from the plane. (SWNS)
Singh said the plane's captain announced to passengers that the aircraft had "no choice but to get back to Vienna."
Upon landing, police escorted the couple off the plane, SWNS said.
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Footage shows the man, wearing a light-colored tracksuit and carrying a neck pillow, scowling as the interactions were recorded.
"The police took the lady first," Singh told SWNS.
The man then "decided after a couple of minutes on the tarmac to grab the bag from the lady — but the lady just threw" all of the money, Singh said.
A woman (shown above, facing away from the camera) threw approximately $6,000 in loose bills at a man on an airport runway moments after they were booted off a plane for a fight, passengers said. (SWNS)
Both individuals were put into a police van, SWNS reported — and footage shows an officer trying to pick up some of the cash that the woman discarded.
Passengers of the plane were reportedly put up in a hotel and were due to set off again on Sunday.
"Flight attendants took quick action to stop these passengers."
EVA Air issued a statement confirming the situation.
"EVA Air’s BR68 flight from London via Bangkok to Taipei took off from Heathrow Airport on September 30," EVA Air said in a statement, per SWNS.
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"After five hours of flight time, a female passenger moved her seat from Economy Class to Premium Economy Class and refused to pay for the upgrade cost … Another male passenger traveling with her also engaged in disorderly behavior and smoked an e-cigarette adjacent to the cabin galley."
EVA Airways Corp. (EVA stands for Evergreen Airways) is one of the two largest airlines in Taiwan.
"Flight attendants took quick action to stop these passengers," SWNS noted, however, they then "encountered inappropriate insults" and more.
Eight other passengers then came to the aid of the flight attendants, and the "two unruly passengers were successfully restrained."
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The two passengers were not named.
"I've never seen anything like that," a man can be heard saying on a video of the event once the plane landed in Vienna.
Fox News Digital attempted to reach EVA Airways for further comment.
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