Six British men were arrested yesterday at Schiphol because of a fight on board a KLM plane. The aircraft flew from Manchester to Amsterdam in the morning. A fellow passenger of the men posted a video of the incident on Twitter.
It is still unclear what sparked the fight. The video shows that a number of men appear to be hitting a person. One of the passengers yells in English, “This is a damn plane!” KLM staff tried to intervene a number of times and eventually succeeded.
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The Royal Netherlands Marechaussee reports that one of the men was slightly injured. As far as is known, no staff member was injured, a spokesperson for the airline said to the NOS† Six men were arrested on arrival at Schiphol. The reason for the fight is unclear.