Bizarre moment: Woman throws £5,000 in cash at man on runway after ‘drunk queue’ forces flight from London to Bangkok to divert to Austria and they are led away by police
- The couple had such a vicious argument that the pilot was forced to eject from the plane
- She threw £5,000 cash at him as airport staff took them onto the tarmac
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A woman was seen throwing £5,000 cash at a man on an airport runway after the pair got into a ‘drunken brawl’ so vicious that their flight was forced to divert.
Holidaymakers said that about five hours into their flight from London to Bangkok on September 30, an already ‘intoxicated couple’ got into an argument, forcing the pilot to land in Vienna for the sake of passengers’ safety. half an hour to the international flight.
The as yet unnamed couple was spotted on the tarmac of Vienna airport.
The woman, dressed in an all-grey outfit, was seen throwing a wad of cash at her male partner, who approached her before being stopped by airport security.
The banknotes were picked up by the wind and thrown across the asphalt.
The man, dressed in a similar gray outfit while wearing a neck pillow, is then forced to meekly collect the money, which the passenger who filmed the video said amounted to £5,000.
The couple were reportedly both visibly drunk while on board
She threw £5,000 cash at him as they continued to bicker on the tarmac
Grandfather Andy Singh, 63, who was traveling to Thailand for a month-long holiday, was on the plane and said: ‘The lady and the man were already drunk. They kept talking about money, he said ‘She’s got my £5,000 in her bag’.
‘The captain said, “We have to go back to Vienna for the safety of the staff and the safety of the passengers. Ladies and gentlemen, we have no choice but to go back to Vienna.”
Andy said, “The police took the lady away first.
“(The man) decided to take the lady’s bag after a few minutes on the tarmac, but the lady simply threw away all £5,000.”
Both were put into a police van and footage shows an officer trying to collect some of the money scattered around.
Andy said: ‘Some notes floated away because no one picked them up, they just picked up the nearest ones.’
The grandfather said all passengers were put up in a hotel and left at 5:30 pm local time on Sunday.