A flight was delayed for 1h46 after an unruly passenger barged into the loo just before take-off and refused to budge.
Singapore Airlines Flight 826 was taxiing for take-off on Thursday (6 Feb) when the woman demanded to use the bathroom.
She reportedly forced her way past a flight attendant who insisted she return to her seat.
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She then barged into the toilet and locked the door.
The woman was still inside the cubicle at 1:40 am, having forced the pilots to postpone their 1:15 am departure.
As the cabin crew tried to coax her out, she was heard kicking the door from the inside in an apparent hissy fit.
The pilots had no choice but to return to the gate at Singapore Changi Airport.
When the woman eventually emerged from the toilet, other passengers began arguing with her.
Hapless cabin crew members tried to calm tempers, but the shouting match continued.
When one exasperated passenger mentioned needing to get to work, she reportedly replied: “How is that my business?
“Why don’t you get off the plane and take another flight then? You don’t have to take this plane if you’re so rich.”
The drama finally ended when police boarded the plane and led the woman and her companion away to applause.
They were handed over to the airport authorities and the flight finally departed for Shanghai, China, at 3:01 am, as reported by Need To Know.
An airline spokesperson said: “SIA believes that all our employees have a right to a safe and respectful workplace environment.
“We do not tolerate any form of unruly or abusive behaviour, whether on the ground or in the air.”
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