A Buraq Air flight had to call for security help after a passenger turned violent (Photo: Tom Westcott, Libya Herald)
An angry passenger caused a security scare at Tripoli International Airport in the early hours of this morning, after an argument with crew on a Benghazi-bound flight turned ugly.
Crew on the Buraq Air flight called in airport security to help when the passenger became violent on board the aircraft, according to the Ministry of Defence. The security response to the incident then sparked rumours in the local press and on social media networking
“It is not true that an armed group stormed the runway,” spokesperson for the Ministry of Defence, Abdurazaq Mohamed Al-Shebahi told the Libya Herald, “they just wanted to maintain security after the passenger had a fight with members of the plane’s crew.”
The incident had a knock-on effect, causing some disruption to other flights. Another Buraq flight, to Alexandria, was apparently also held at the airport and Afriqiyah flights were diverted to Mitiga Airport.
Shebahi said that everything was now back to normal.
Buraq flights have been subject to disruption at Tripoli International Airport on a number of occasions this year. In June, a whole aircraft was evacuated after a late passenger forced his way onto a flight and in April, a Buraq Boeing 737 was hit by a stray Kalashnikov bullet, believed to have come from celebratory gunfire at a wedding.
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