Overview

• Nine American teens used fake IDs to buy alcohol pre-flight and became disruptive aboard Flight VS008, leading pilots to declare an emergency.
• Metropolitan Police arrested the 17- and 18-year-olds upon landing at Heathrow for endangering the aircraft and released them without criminal charges after processing.
• UK authorities revoked the group’s Electronic Travel Authorizations, preventing any future entry and canceling their planned European summer camps.
• Virgin Atlantic initially resisted but then imposed disciplinary measures by dispatching each teen on separate repatriation flights to different US cities.
• All nine have now been returned home individually, and their scheduled summer programs across Europe have been terminated.