Panic in the Skies: Why Did Two Passengers Eat Their Passports Mid-Flight?
What would you do if, just minutes into your flight, the guy next to you started ripping out passport pages and eating them? For a cabin full of Ryanair passengers, this nightmare actually happened.
The bizarre scene unfolded on a routine Ryanair flight from Milan to London Stansted—a journey that should have been all about easyJetting home after a European getaway. But for one anonymous traveler, it quickly spiraled into "the scariest 15 minutes of my life." As the seatbelt sign blinked off and passengers reached for their snacks, two men at the front of the plane decided to do something nobody could have predicted: they began devouring their own passports, right there in their seats.
Witnesses watched in disbelief as one man aggressively tore his passport to shreds and stuffed the pieces into his mouth, while his accomplice dashed to the opposite end of the aircraft with a different plan—trying to flush his passport down the lavatory. Flight attendants, alerted by confused and increasingly panicked passengers, rushed to the scene, only to find one of the culprits barricading himself in the bathroom. The tension skyrocketed, worsened by a blunt announcement from the airhostess that only ramped up the cabin’s anxiety.
The drama didn't just end with some shredded documents. With the entire crew and passengers on edge, the pilot made the call for an emergency landing in Paris. Imagine those final 15 minutes as the plane descended—everybody was on high alert, clutching armrests, speculating wildly, and wondering what on earth was going on. French authorities boarded immediately upon landing, detaining the two men responsible for the chaos. Only after a thorough luggage inspection and a two-hour ordeal did the shaken passengers finally continue their journey to London.
Through it all, the Ryanair crew remained impressively calm. They later handed out drinks to ease frazzled nerves, earning praise from at least one relieved traveler who summed up the experience: "I'm just really f****** glad I landed." For everyone who’s ever worried about turbulence, just remember—it could always be weirder. If you ever wondered what an AI generated newscast about passengers eating their own passports sounds like, now you know: sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction.
