Chinese budget airline passenger held over brawl at Japanese airport
Conflict erupts after stranded passengers told to leave Tokyo facility by midnight
Japanese police have arrested a Chinese passenger after a brawl with staff at a Tokyo airport, the Chinese embassy in the Japanese capital said on Friday.
The embassy said the brawl erupted on Wednesday night at Narita International Airport after bad weather forced the cancellation of a budget airline’s flight to Shanghai, stranding 175 Chinese passengers.
The carrier did not cover delay-related expenses so some of the passengers took the airline’s advice to book into a nearby hotel.
But more than 100 others insisted on staying at the terminal because they did not want to pay extra for a hotel and food.
Conflict broke out when airport staff tried to clear the facility, which by Japanese law must close at midnight.