As per reports, it was on Ryanair flight FR015 from Barcelona to London that the incident occurred. As passengers took their seats, one man became impatient over a 77-year-old woman who happened to be moving slowly. According to the woman’s daughter, the elderly woman suffers from osteoarthritis.
Here is the racist bigot you ALLOWED to racially discriminate an elderly lady on your flight and let him have his way by moving the VICTIM rather than offloading him and passing him onto the police #SayNoToRacism boycott @Ryanair @RyanairFlights pic.twitter.com/4hZzv6Uj25
— FSG OUT (@Aviationlfc) October 21, 2018
The man sitting beside her then began to insult the woman. Among other things, he told her, “I don’t want to sit next to you, you ugly cow.” He went to call her an “ugly black bastard”.
Seemingly without reason, the man was quick to abuse the 77-year-old, all the while ignoring others on the plane who told him to calm down. Fortunately, however, the event was caught on camera, with the resulting footage becoming a viral hit online shortly after being uploaded.
What caused heightened rage was the manner in which the Ryanair staff chose to handle the situation. When called upon to intervene, they opted to move the victim of the racial abuse, not the man who was so intent on dishing it out, thereby giving him exactly what he wanted.
The passengers, meanwhile, defended the woman’s rights, arguing with the staff as well as the man in question.
In the aftermath of the event – and with the video having gone viral – Ryanair released a statement on Twitter that explained that since the matter is now with the police, they would be refusing to comment.
The fact that Ryanair haven’t even issued an apology is, in my opinion, absolutely shocking.
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