On Saturday, a British air carrier made an emergency landing in Budapest owing to the suspicious behavior of five male passengers. The flight, Monarch Airlines flight 4502, left Manchester, England on December 30th headed to Goa, India via Bahrain. Monarch Airlines spokesperson, Leah Rosewell, confirmed the incident with The Aviation Nation.

The passengers were causing repeated disturbances to both the cabin crew and other passengers on board the aircraft and the decision was taken, in the interests of passenger safety, to offload them before continuing to Goa. Flight MON4502 landed in Budapest at 2251 local time on Saturday evening.

Ms. Rosewell would not confirm if Scotland Yard or MI6 was investigating the matter. The BBC reports that one of the men was allegedly taken to the hospital and the other four are said to have re-boarded the plane. The Monarch spokesperson would not comment on that. “We can only say what is in our press release,” Ms. Rosewell said. To view the press release, click here. Security officials at the Budapest Airport, Ferihegy, did not return calls.

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