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Israeli Passengers Arrested In Germany After Raucous Lufthansa Flight

Matthew Klint Posted onApril 16, 2021April 15, 2021 14 Comments

Six Israeli passengers were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct after refusing to wear masks on a Lufthansa flight from Tel Aviv to Frankfurt.

Israeli Passengers Arrested In Germany After Horrific Lufthansa Flight

Once again, alcohol was a culprit. The group allegedly purchased copious amounts of alcohol from a duty free shop at Ben Gurion International Airport and had begun consuming it in-flight, with masks lowered of course.

When flight attendants admonished the travelers not to consume their alcohol onboard, the passengers refused. When flight attendants admonished the travelers to put their masks on, the passengers refused. In fact, the passengers responded by cursing out the flight attendants.

Despite several warnings, the passengers refused to stop. However, the aircraft did not divert. Instead, the captain radioed ahead to summon law enforcement officials and the flight continued to Frankfurt. Upon landing, police met the aircraft and arrested the six passengers.

The Yeshiva World reports all six passengers were Israelis. A passenger described what occurred onboard:

“They had their masks off for the entirety of the flight. They continued to stand in spite of being told several times to sit down, including being told by the pilot over the loudspeaker. They opened a bottle of alcohol and began doing shots. Nothing helped. When we arrived, the pilot asked us all to stay in our seats as police had been asked to intervene and were currently boarding the plane. The six passengers cursed out the staff and continued drinking. They were simply acting in a disgusting manner. This was well out of the ordinary. It was embarrassing for us all.”

Nice…

CONCLUSION

Yesterday it was Tunis Air, today Lufthansa…poor drunken behavior is not reserved for the Anglo world. But I admire that the crew opted to continue to Germany and leave the hoodlums to themselves…too many diversions strike me as necessary. Now I hope these six receive stiff fines and criminal records that will remind them for the rest of their lives that it does not pay to drink and fly.

image: Lufthansa

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Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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14 Comments

  1. Dude26 Reply
    April 16, 2021 at 7:59 am

    Glad that they were arrested, and I hope they will need to pay a penalty of some sorts.

    In Israel we call these a**holes “Arsim”, and there are quite a lot of them unfortunately. Think of an Israeli version of what’s called “Chavs” in the UK.

  2. Paolo Reply
    April 16, 2021 at 9:33 am

    No, not “stiff fines”…rather 6 months imprisonment. These lowlifes need to get the message ( and have it resonate with anyone contemplating similar anti-social behaviour). It’s long overdue to deal more harshly with such ratbags.

    • Matthew Klint Reply
      April 16, 2021 at 10:55 am

      I’m not opposed to prison, I generally prefer forced labor (i.e. supervised community service) to prison (not speaking in a specific German context).

  3. Sure Reply
    April 16, 2021 at 9:41 am

    The flight attendants on board need to be reprimanded. Passengers have a right to have a drink and we need to put a check on this variant of COVID bullying which is being more and more commonplace.

    If the FAs cannot provide service and conduct themselves in an appropriate manner they should find a job in another industry.

    Political leaders should be introducing legislation to protect victims of COVID bullying and levy high fines or even imprisonment for the offenders.

    • Matthew Klint Reply
      April 16, 2021 at 10:54 am

      Not funny.

  4. STEVEN Reply
    April 16, 2021 at 10:25 am

    People act like this because harsh punishment is never given. As noted above 6-12 months prison time, no suspended sentences along with stiff fines.

  5. Zhane Reply
    April 16, 2021 at 12:14 pm

    Major fine and imprisonment. At least 6 months and no early release.

  6. Christian Reply
    April 16, 2021 at 12:18 pm

    I think that Lufthansa should ban them as well. As a business owner myself I know that some customers are simply not worth the trouble and these people certainly seem to qualify.

  7. GS Guy Reply
    April 16, 2021 at 2:40 pm

    I think these miscreants deserve the harshest of penalties: 1 year of flying only on United.

  8. Norris Lee Reply
    April 16, 2021 at 9:38 pm

    @ Mathew: I’m not sure making a reference to sentencing Israelis to “hard labor” in a Germany is what you really want here. Or is it? Not trying to be contentious, but context and perception are important.

    • Matthew Klint Reply
      April 16, 2021 at 9:51 pm

      Goodness no, that was not my intention.

  9. Goldberg Reply
    April 17, 2021 at 4:59 am

    Being Israelis in Germany, they will probably get REPARATIONS and go back home Rich!

  10. emercycrite Reply
    April 17, 2021 at 8:41 am

    Good. Lock them up. They are an affront to civilised society.

  11. K.C. Cooper Reply
    April 18, 2021 at 11:38 am

    Alcohol often gets involved in disruptive behavior…
    It’s simple: think before you imbibe!

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