The English tourist who assaulted three civil guards upon arrival at the Lanzarote airport last Thursday, had tried to open the emergency door in mid-flight, according to sources from the Civil Guard.
In addition, they point out that the man was in an aggressive state throughout the trip, probably due to the consumption of drugs or alcohol.
Before the plane landed on the island, the man had already had to be subdued by two passengers, who were police officers and were also traveling to the island on vacation. Later, upon arriving in Lanzarote, the flight crew alerted the Civil Guard. The agents boarded the plane to arrest him, but he resisted with blows.
The three guards suffered numerous bruises and even shoulder sprains when reducing him, since, according to the spokesperson for the Spanish Association of Civil Guards (AEGC), José Cobo, the passenger used “excessive force.”
“A very aggressive person, in that state of alteration, is very dangerous because they do not feel the blows, no matter how much you hit them, but we do, of course,” they explain from the AEGC. Due to the injuries, the three agents have had to request medical leave.
To this is added the problem of space inside an airplane, being very small and with many obstacles. “We didn't have enough space, but if it had been outside the plane it wouldn't have been easy either, because the strength in that state exceeds the normal,” adds the association's spokesperson.
The tourist was arrested this Thursday, May 26, and placed at the disposal of the court.
