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Barbara Watson had visited Majorca together with her household and was set to return to Manchester Airport from Palma when the pilot stopped the flight on the runway. Stewards had observed the numbers didn’t add up – there was an additional individual onboard.

The 64-year-old instructed the Manchester Evening News {that a} man from the earlier flight had managed to sneak onto their airplane.

“The flight that got here in, everybody obtained off board and one individual stayed on the bridge and was hiding,” she mentioned. “Once we all obtained onto the bridge, he mingled round with us and obtained again on board.

“The stewardesses instructed us that he was hiding on board ready to see which seat was free.

“He sat within the seat, we obtained on the runway and the pilot stopped the flight and instructed us we might have to return to the gate because the numbers weren’t including up.

“The senior steward requested to see the person’s boarding move however clearly he did not have one as a result of he’d come out on the flight and obtained again on, for no matter cause nobody is aware of. Then somebody got here on and arrested him.”

Barbara, from Reddish, Higher Manchester, described the incident as a “fiasco” and mentioned that she was apprehensive in regards to the welfare of her 76-year-old accomplice.

“Everybody was getting a bit apprehensive and considering had he left something on board,” she added. “The pilot mentioned to us all ‘can all people get up now and take all of your baggage out of the overhead containers and put it on the seat the place you are sitting’.

“A great deal of youngsters had been crying, together with my 10-year-old granddaughter as a result of she had heard somebody say there could possibly be a bomb onboard. Stewardesses searched all lockers, instructed everybody to place their very own baggage again up.

“Everybody was out of their thoughts with fear and stewards needed to include jugs of water for everyone caught there with engine roaring. It was an absolute fiasco.

“My accomplice was along with me. He has terminal most cancers and has had a coronary heart assault. He was utilizing his spray and I needed to calm him down so he did not have one other.

“The captain was nice, he came visiting and instructed us he’d been arrested and that they did not know why he’d finished it however he’d been appearing suspiciously.

“It was a implausible vacation so it is a disgrace that it had a foul ending.”

The flight finally departed at 6.39pm, an hour and 20 minutes after it was purported to.

Ryanair confirmed that police help was requested and apologised to passengers. The airline additionally mentioned that it’s going to ‘make sure that this error doesn’t reoccur.

A Ryanair spokesman mentioned: “The crew of this flight from Palma to Manchester (04 Aug) requested police help forward of take off after figuring out a passenger that was not booked to journey on this flight.

“The passenger was eliminated and the crew carried out safety checks once more forward of take-off, as per Ryanair process.

“We’re working with our dealing with brokers in Palma to make sure that this error doesn’t reoccur. Ryanair sincerely apologises to affected passengers for any inconvenience prompted.”