A MAN has been arrested after allegedly urinated on some of the passengers on a flight to the Scottish capital.
The 26-year-old man was on an Edinburgh-bound easyJet flight from Copenhagen when the he is said to have tried to make a quick exit after it landed.
Staff are understood to have requested that the unidentified man remain in his seat. He is then alleged to have urinated on passengers surrounding him.
Police were alerted about the problem at 3.30pm on Wednesday. The man was led away and later charged.
An easyJet spokeswoman said: “easyJet can confirm that flight EZY6984 from Copenhagen to Edinburgh on 13 July was met by police on arrival in Edinburgh as a result of a passenger onboard behaving in a disruptive manner.
“easyJet’s cabin crew are trained to assess and evaluate all situations and to act quickly and appropriately to ensure that the safety of the flight and other passengers is not compromised at any time.
“It was reported the passenger was drinking their own alcohol onboard."
@easyJet not late again please !!! Waiting in God awful Luton for Edinburgh flight 19.00 now it's late again what feeble excuse this time
— Jim Currie (@JimCurrie15) July 13, 2016
She said that for the "safety of all on board" it is illegal to drink alcohol purchases in the airport during the flight “Whilst such incidents are rare we take them very seriously, do not tolerate abusive or threatening behaviour onboard and always push for prosecution," she said.
“The safety and wellbeing of passengers and crew is always easyJet’s priority.”
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