'Mass brawl' breaks out on Ryanair flight from Morocco to London with passengers screaming at each other when row erupts after a family asks to swap seats

A wide brawl collapsed retired connected a Ryanair formation from Morocco to London past week forcing nan level to divert conscionable 36 minutes into nan journey.

Video from nan compartment shows passengers screaming astatine each different successful a statement that was reportedly sparked erstwhile a family asked to switch seats.

Visibly flustered compartment unit are seen trying to calm nan passengers down arsenic nan level soars astatine 30,000 feet.

The level was travelling from Agadir to London Stansted connected Wednesday evening erstwhile a statement collapsed retired betwixt 2 families arsenic group boarded, 1 witnesser said.

The rider said a man, believed to beryllium successful his precocious 20s, asked different rider to move truthful he could beryllium pinch his woman and children, according to The Sun.

However, nan different rider - a female who was sitting pinch her ain girl - reportedly refused to move for nan man, who became angry astatine her.

The witnesser said nan irate man started threatening nan women.

Despite this, nan level took disconnected pinch nary issues, but arsenic soon arsenic nan spot loop signs were turned off, nan woman's hubby - said to beryllium successful his 30s - leapt to his wife's defence.

The 2 men threw punches astatine each other, nan witnesser said, while Ryanair unit tried to intervene and bring an extremity to nan fight.

'They were trying to punch each other,' a British rider told The Sun anonymously, saying that this led to nan wide brawl.

'One of nan families was portion of a larger group truthful different passengers started to subordinate in.

'Then a woman successful nan statement down started to person a panic onslaught because of everything going on. She was screaming and location were kids crying. 

'It was for illustration a snowball effect,' nan 36-year-old rider said, describing nan travel arsenic a 'flight from hell'. 

'It each escalated from that 1 rider wanting to alteration seats,' they added.

The level was diverted and landed at Marrakech astir 30 minutes aft return off.

Flight locator website FlightAware showed nan travel of flight RUK3034 arsenic it took disconnected from Agadir, a metropolis on Morocco's confederate Atlantic coast.

The radar representation shows nan level travelling northbound earlier making an abrupt move east, earlier landing in Marrakesh, 127 miles north-east from wherever it took disconnected from.

Moroccan constabulary met nan level and marched nan 9 group who were progressive successful nan compartment scrap disconnected nan aircraft.

To adhd to nan chaos, different rider fell sick amidst nan conflict and had to beryllium fixed oxygen mid-flight. He was treated by medics who wished he was unfit to fly.

The unwell man past became abusive towards nan compartment unit and refused to disembark, pinch this besides being captured by mobile telephone footage.

He tin beryllium heard saying that nan unit 'think I'm a terrorist,' adding: 'that's why they're bringing nan full service present to return maine down.'

He is besides heard threatening: 'Give maine my f****** bag. I will whack your jaw bruv' arsenic different passengers begged him to get disconnected nan plane.

He was besides removed by police.

In nan 2 hours that it took compartment unit and constabulary to region nan disruptive passengers from nan plane, nan unit reached their maximum regular moving hours.

This meant that each passengers had to disembark nan plane, were herded onto a bus, and taken to a edifice wherever they stayed nan night.

They were each booked onto different formation nan pursuing day, which was besides cancelled, meaning they didn't get backmost to Stanstead until Thursday evening.

In a connection to MailOnline, Ryanair confirmed nan bid of events and apologised for nan 'diversion and consequent hold caused by a mini group of disruptive passengers' saying that this was retired of nan airline's control.

'This formation from Agadir to London Stansted (3 July) diverted to Marrakesh aft a mini group of passengers became disruptive, and during which clip different rider became sick onboard,' nan connection said.

'Crew called up for some aesculapian and constabulary assistance, which met nan craft upon presence astatine Marrakesh. The mini group of disruptive passengers were past removed from nan craft by airdrome gendarmerie.

'The rider who became sick was provided pinch oxygen onboard earlier being treated by airdrome medics, who wished he was not fit-to-fly.

'This rider refused to disembark and became abusive towards unit and was besides removed from nan craft by airdrome gendarmerie.

'As it took almost 2hrs successful full to dainty and offload these disruptive passengers, nan unit reached their permitted flying hours and nan formation was delayed overnight.

Affected passengers were provided pinch overnight accommodation and carrier to/from nan airport. This formation departed to London nan pursuing time (4 July).

'We sincerely apologise to passengers for this diversion and consequent hold caused by a mini group of disruptive passengers, which was retired of Ryanair's control,' nan connection added.