Various politicians spoke out at what they regarded as Ryanair's lack of appropriate action in the incident. All the latest breaking news on Ryanair.
Ryanair said it "would be taking the matter further" they can to create a true meeting of independent Premium. try again, the name must be unique After a flight attendant intervenes, the woman says she wants to sit with her daughter and tells the man he "stinks". "One young man, seated in the row behind the people filmed in the video, intervened by telling the man who was shouting to stop. These are external links and will open in a new window Our journalists will try to respond by joining the threads when During the incident, David Mesher, a 70 year old white man from Birmingham, racially abused Delsie Gayle, a 77 year old black woman from East London, who was seated next to him. Authorities arrest 51-year-old British man on suspicion of making threat
He also shouts at her: "Don't talk to me in a foreign language, you stupid ugly cow."
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Summer Sun 84 articles . Chris Grayling, the Secretary of State for Transport, appeared on the BBC's Today programme, where he stated that the incident was "totally unacceptable" and expressed the hope that "police would want to take action in such an extraordinarily unacceptable case". try again, the name must be unique Log in to update your newsletter preferencesPlease On 10 November 2008, Ryanair Flight 4102 from Frankfurt–Hahn Airport, in Frankfurt, Germany to Ciampino–G. "I am so shocked," Mr Lawrence said. continue to respect all commenters and create constructive debates. Essex Police said on Sunday: "This incident, which we were made aware of this morning, is believed to have taken place on a plane at Barcelona Airport. Shadow transport minister Karl Turner was among those to tweet about the incident, saying he would raise "the tendency of airlines to ignore this kind of behaviour". The racist incident on a Ryanair flight is what happens when black people are stereotyped as confrontational. A Ryanair attendant says to the man: "Don't be so rude, you have to calm down."
"The incident was condemned by both Transport Secretary Chris Grayling (left) and Shadow Transport Minister Karl Turner (right)"The idea that black people must have somehow been complicit in their own mistreatment is so deeply entrenched that a frail pensioner was treated like a scrapper in a pub brawl, moved away from her abuser as he assures people "I'm alright". Read more.
It allows our most engaged readers to debate the big issues, share their own experiences, discuss Please He has been praised for his actions. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? "Essex Police takes prejudice-based crime seriously and we want all incidents to be reported. The incident, on a flight from Barcelona to Stansted on Friday, was recorded by a fellow passenger and shared on social media. Browse The Independent’s complete collection of articles and commentary on Ryanair. Ryanair bomb threat: Police investigate incident on flight at Oslo airportEmail already exists. try again, the name must be unique B. Pastine International Airport, in Rome, Italy, suffered multiple bird strikes while landing. "We will be taking this matter further and disruptive or abusive behaviour like this will result in passengers being banned from travel." It didn't provide further comment.