An easyJet plane, which took off from Nice to connect Paris on Sunday, landed in an emergency at Lyon airport where a threatening individual was arrested upon landing, we learned from concordant sources, confirming a information from the actu.fr website.
The man, who stood up during the flight, screaming shirtless in the aisle, tried to force his way into the cockpit. A particularly worrying scene for all passengers, especially since it took place on September 11, 21 years to the day after the attacks in the United States. “He was scary, he intimidated everyone. I thought it was over then. He asked us if we cared about our little lives…”, testified to the site his seat neighbor on the plane.
In the end, it was a hostess who stood in the way. And the pilot immediately made the decision to divert to Lyon where the air transport gendarmes arrested the passenger, an “unbalanced” according to a source close to the case. The flight was then able to leave for the capital, its initial destination.