Officers called onto Airplanes

Request Number: FOI/15426

Category: Crime/Incident Statistics - Road Traffic 

Subject: Officers called onto Airplanes

Request and Answer:
Request
Could you please provide me with a list of incidents since June 2015 which took place at airports where officers were required to board an airplane due to passenger disturbances. 
 
For each incident could you give me the date, airport, airline and destination, if known. Could you also say whether any passengers were removed from the plane, how many, and a description of the incident if available. 

Answer
Your request for information has now been considered. In respect of Section 1(1)(a) of the Act we can confirm that the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) does not hold information in relation to your requests. Enquiries made in relation to your request failed to locate any records or documents relevant to your request based on the information you have provided. 

Following a search of records, PSNI can confirm that there have been zero reports of this nature since 2015 with regards to the City of Derry Airport.

Accordingly, we have determined that the Police Service of Northern Ireland does not hold the information to which you seek access.

Please note that, policing of airports is not universally carried out by PSNI; of the biggest 3 airports in Northern Ireland, the responsible authority is:

Belfast City Airport – Belfast Harbour Police

• Belfast International Airport – Belfast International Airport Constabulary
• City of Derry Airport – PSNI

We suggest that you may also want to submit a FOI with the other two authorities mentioned above.