Holiday-makers were left shocked after a police officer’s gun was reportedly accidentally fired on board.
The Vueling aircraft was waiting to leave Ibiza to travel to Madrid-Barajas airport in Spain when the weapon went off in front of alarmed passengers.
The pistol discharged inside the National Police agent’s case as he handed it over to the pilot for safe-keeping.
Luckily, the bullet fired into the agent’s luggage, avoiding him and all other passengers, Spanish media reported.
Local news site Ultimahora.es said that “two passengers saw what was going on”.
Travellers told Noudiario.es that the “sound of a gunshot and smell of gunpowder sparked unrest” on the plane.
After the gunshot, the officer is said to have moved away from passengers to remove the gun and bullets from his bag.
Flight VY3420, which was due to leave Ibiza at 1.15pm local time on Saturday, was delayed for half an hour while engineers ensured no damage had been done to the plane.
A spokesman for Vueling told Mirror Online that the incident was “minor” and “without further consequences for the passengers and crew or the plane”.
He added that the police officers followed the security procedures.
The Standard has contacted Vueling for a comment.
