NEWARK (VINnews) — A flight from New York to Israel was forced to turn around and head home Thursday, after two Israeli passengers caused a ruckus and disrupted the flight.
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The passengers allegedly lashed out at flight attendants after giving themselves a “free upgrade” they were not entitled to.
The United Airlines flight took off from Newark Airport at 11 p.m. Thursday, headed for Tel Aviv, where it was scheduled to arrive on Friday afternoon at 4:20.
Roi Eitan, who was on the flight, told Channel 12 News that over an hour into the flight, the clash took place between the two men and flight attendants.
The plane was half empty, so the pair decided to move to business class. When the crew asked to see their boarding passes for confirmation that they were in the correct seats, they refused to comply. At that point the argument became heated and sparks started to fly.
The flight crew decided to head back. The plane was near the US-Canada border, and arrived at Newark shortly after 1:30 am.
The two passengers were arrested. It was not clear when United planned to reschedule the flight, however for Orthodox passengers at that point, it would not have been possible to travel to Israel before Shabbos.
Originally planned to arive in israel at 420 pm and youre worried about the Orthodox flyers?
Was this their first time flying or something? Just go back to your seat and stop interrupting everyone’s lives.
Selfish babies
Typical Israeli Chutzpah and self-entitlement.
It would have made more sense to charge the 2 men for the upgrade, rather than to go back and inconvenience everyone else on the flight.
This made me very sad, as I read it.
Chutzpah at its worst. Where are we, and where do we want to go??
?שלי שלי שלך שלי
Didgusting behaviour.
Israelis all too often as seen being stiff necked and arrogant and it’s disgusting to view. Added with the large number of Jewish names being indicted for breaking the law is also disrespectful of us. Remember when one Jew does something
All Jews are judged by non Jews.
This is a lot worse than it looks at first glance. The antisemitic/anti-zionist headlines write themselves: “Israelis Move in Uninvited, Grab Territory they’re Not Entitled To”
beutiful kiddush Hashem!