Rogue British prankster takes over Greek airport loudspeaker to announce six hour flight delays
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A rogue British tourist was escorted away by Greek police after repeatedly making false flight delay announcements over the airport loudspeaker.
The prankster jumped on the microphone at Zakynthos Airport in Zante, Greece, last Friday, incorrectly informing passengers their flights had been pushed back by up to six hours.
Sam Wilson, 22, decided to film the man’s antics after hearing the strange announcements while waiting on his flight to Birmingham.
The video shows the man standing behind the unattended desk at one of the airport’s boarding gates, wearing a Paris-Saint Germain tracksuit top and sunglasses on his head.
After leaning into the microphone, he announces to fellow passengers that the flight to Gatwick, which he intended to board, has been delayed.
He said: ‘The flight to Gatwick has been delayed by six hours.’
A prankster jumped on the microphone at Zakynthos Airport in Zante, Greece, last Friday, incorrectly informing passengers their flights had been pushed back by up to six hours
The video shows the man standing behind the unattended desk at one of the airport’s boarding gates, wearing a Paris-Saint Germain tracksuit top and sunglasses on his head
Shortly afterwards, an airport security guard can be seen storming over to the desk to confront the man
A police officer, seemingly equipped with a gun, quickly backs up the guard before escorting the cheeky passenger away from the gate
The cheeky prankster was escorted away by airport security and detained for three hours, with his friends extremely worried for him
A witness said that the cheeky holidaymaker was released after the airport threatened to hold him in the airport and confiscate his passport for three days but after a while of him just sitting in and empty room, they just told him to go
He follows it up with more false flight information, adding: ‘Unfortunately, the flight to Manchester has been delayed by six hours.’
This announcement raised some confusion, as there was no flight from the Greek airport to Manchester scheduled on the day.
Shortly afterwards, an airport security guard can be seen storming over to the desk to confront the man.
A police officer – equipped with a gun that at one moment he seemingly unclips – quickly backs up the guard before escorting the cheeky passenger away from the gate.
Sam, a sales manager, claims that the man was not allowed to board his flight home.
Speaking today, Sam from Burntwood, Staffordshire, said: ‘I was flying to Birmingham but they were flying to Gatwick.
‘We were waiting for the gates to open when we just heard a few strange announcements. When I looked up I just saw him on the microphone, so I had to get my phone out.
‘He made around three or four announcements about flights being delayed a number of hours. The ones I captured was Gatwick for six hours and seeing people’s reactions was hilarious as half the airport couldn’t even see him.
Users jumped to the prankster’s defence in the comments under Sam’s TikTik video
The video has now collected over 72,000 views with hundreds of likes from social media users who were left in stitches by the man’s airport antics
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Despite being threatened with all kinds of legal repercussions, it seems that airport officials came to the same conclusion as this user and let him go
Zakynthos is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea and a well-known summer resort popular with Brits. Pictured: High angle view of Shipwreck beach
‘Although, he most likely got caught due to the last announcement which was ‘the flight to Manchester has been delayed by six hours’ when there wasn’t even a flight to Manchester.
‘His friends were extremely worried about him and they just took him away and didn’t know what to do or whether to leave him.
‘After the TikTok was made I did find out he was released after the airport threatened to hold him in the airport and confiscate his passport for three days but after a while of him just sitting in and empty room, they just told him to go.’
Sam posted the video to TikTok on Saturday writing: ‘This guy was not allowed on the plane back from Zante after this.’
The video has now collected over 72,000 views with hundreds of likes from social media users who were left in stitches by the man’s airport antics.
One said: ‘Made me chuckle.’
Another wrote: ‘Only a laugh. Hardly harmed anyone.’
A third commented: ‘I was also there. It was quite funny. Wonder what happened to him’
A fourth said: ‘From someone who lived in Zante, you don’t mess with the Zakynthians.’
Zakynthos is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea and a well-known summer resort popular with holidaying Brits.
Since the mid 1980s, the island has become a hub for 18-to-30-year-old tourists, leading to the formerly sleepy villages of Alykanas and Laganas becoming central destinations for clubs, bars and restaurants.