TOWIE star Diags insists he was kicked off flight for ‘no reason’ after airport drama

TOWIE star James ‘Diags’ Bennewith has given his fans an insight into his 27-hour journey back to England, following reports some actors have been ‘stuck in Madrid’

James ‘Diags’ Bennewith insists he was dropped from the flight back to the UK “for no reason”, as the drama involving the TOWIE stars and planes continues.

It was reported yesterday that ITV bosses are convening an emergency meeting with the nine stars of the Essex-based reality TV show, after they were kicked off a flight to London for allegedly is vaping on an airplane and refuses to wear a mask.

After attempting to fly back from the Dominican Republic, TOWIE star Pia Grace Smith told fans of the BAFTA-winning show that “half of the cast” had been removed from the flight to the UK.

The Sun reported that the reality TV stars were spoken to by the police after their behavior was deemed “lunatic”.

Speaking on his Instagram Stories, Diags, 31, has now tried to distance himself from the film – claiming to his followers that he, Dan Edgar and Jordan Brook have been removed from the flight “for no reason”. do”.

‘Flighted 24 hours, still not home,’ the Essex native announced online as he sat with two of his TOWIE co-stars in an airport terminal.

“Was thrown off a flight in Madrid for no reason at all.”

The star – who joined TOWIE for season 4 in 2012 – then went on to describe how the trio missed their flight because they failed to remove their luggage from the plane they were transferred in time.

“It’s all great,” quipped Diags, after revealing another flight was delayed.

One of their travel challenges hit the 27-hour mark, the cheeky reality TV star trying to make fun of the situation.

“Too long. If I don’t come, let my family know I love them, let friends know,” he quipped to his Instagram fans.

“Let Dan’s family do the same, he always looks up to me. I never liked him. I was just pretending the whole time.

“Jordan, I don’t like him either. I don’t want to die with everyone thinking I like these two.”

TOWIE of 9 women and 4 men – allegedly refused to follow airline regulations during their flight to Madrid, with claims that one of the stars violated the plane .

An insider told The Sun: “Smoke was visible above their seats. They were told to stop but were refused. It was horrible behaviour. Totally stupid.”

It was reported that repeated requests from the crew were ignored and when the plane arrived in Madrid yesterday morning, the TOWIE stars were denied boarding a connecting flight to London.

An Air Europa spokesman said: “There was an incident on the flight.

“As a rule, some passengers were asked to leave the plane because of their refusal to wear a mandatory mask and one of them because of smoking in the plane.

“While disembarking, they were accompanied by other passengers without further incident.”

A spokesman for the Civil Guard confirmed: “At 2.5pm yesterday (TUE), the captain of the plane requested our presence on board an aircraft at the Airport. Madrid’s Barajas have landed from the Dominican Republic to deal with those we are alleged to have caused. disturbing public order.

“Civil Guard officers found these people a bit frustrated when they got on the plane.

“On the direction of the captain and to avoid any further problems, nine people, including four men and five women, all British nationals, were removed from the aircraft and after a corresponding complaint from the captain, they will face punishment. .

“While officers were working through the process of identifying everyone who had been removed from the plane so that they could be notified of the fine at a future date, they missed the flight. next.

“The police accompanied them to another flight to the UK last night (TUE) so they could leave Madrid.

“No arrests were made and, after traveling with the previous flight, the nine removed very cooperatively.

Newbie Pia Grace Smith discussed the incident on her Instagram Stories, as she waited at Madrid airport for another flight.

“So 24 hours later, we’re still not traveling,” the depressed star told her followers.

She continued: “We had to leave the flight because we weren’t wearing masks. About half of the cast had to laugh but we had to sit at Madrid airport for 10 hours.

“I won’t be back in England until 11:30 so I won’t be home in my bed until 1am.”

Pia concludes by describing the situation by saying: “This is bad.”

Mirror had previously reached out to ITVBe for comment.

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