A witness has slammed a passenger for boarding a packed Ryanair flight after receiving a text confirming he had coronavirus.
Fionn Murphy told the Mirror how the flight was forced to stop on the runway at Stansted before officials in hazmat suits then boarded the plane and removed him and his partner as stunned travellers looked on.
And it was revealed the man received the message as the plane was pushing back, before the scheduled take-off from Stansted Airport to Pisa in Italy on Wednesday evening.
He quickly alerted cabin crew and the plane was halted while the airport sent officials to remove him, before alerting Public Health England.