Overview

• On July 3, a 21-year-old passenger allegedly vaped in a Ryanair flight’s lavatory at Edinburgh Airport, activating the smoke detector and delaying the service by nearly two hours.
• Six officers from Police Scotland boarded the grounded Boeing 737 Max 8 to detain and escort the man off the aircraft without resistance.
• He faces an aviation offence charge under UK and EU laws that prohibit smoking or vaping in flight and carries fines up to £5,000.
• Ryanair applied its zero-tolerance misconduct policy to offload the passenger and bar him from future travel with the airline.
• Police Scotland issued a formal caution before forwarding the matter to the Procurator Fiscal to consider prosecution.