Nine US teens busted at Heathrow Airport after causing drunken disturbance flight during school trip
The rowdy hooligans — ages 17 and 18 — were on a school trip Monday when they allegedly used fake IDs to score booze before smuggling it onto their 10-hour transatlantic flight out of California, the London Standard reported.
The teens went on a wild mid-flight bender, 'screaming and running amok' at 30,000 feet as their horrified teachers and flight crew scrambled to control the drunken mayhem.
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3 Virgin Atlantic Airways check-in area at Heathrow Airport.
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'These posh kids couldn't handle their booze,' a source told The Sun.
'The kids bought booze before the flight, then smuggled it on.'
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Metropolitan police removed the teens – believed to be from affluent families – from the plane and arrested them upon landing in London, the British outlet reported.
3 The nine teens were arrested after the plane landed at London's Heathrow Airport on Monday.
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No charges were reportedly filed, but officials opted instead to revoke their electronic travel authorizations – barring them from entering the country and attending their planned summer camps across Europe.
The airline initially refused to fly the troublemakers home – but later split them up on separate flights to various US cities, putting their final destination in their parents' hand, the outlet reported.
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3 No charges were filed but the children were barred from entering the country.
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'We'd like to apologize to customers for any inconvenience caused following the arrival of the VS008 at London Heathrow on 14th July, due to disruptive passengers being apprehended by the authorities,' a Virgin spokesperson told People.
'This is now a matter for the police, and we are unable to comment any further. The safety and welfare of our people and our customers is always our top priority.'
Virgin did not immediately respond to The Post's request for comment.
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