- After videos of maskless passengers drinking on a Canadian charter flight, investigators are investigating.
- Clips capture reality TV stars vaping and drinking on a Sunwing Airlines flight from December 30, 2012 to Cancun.
- Justin Trudeau, Canada’s Prime Minister, called the video “a” “slap in the face.”
Investigators are looking into a Canadian charter flight after anonymous passengers posted Instagram videos showing them vaping, drinking and partying on board.
The clips — which were posted by Nathaniel Oliva-Naud and obtained by Journal de Montreal‘s Francis Pilon — show the passengers dancing in the aisle and passing around a bottle of Grey Goose vodka during the December 30 Sunwing Airlines flight from Montreal to Cancun. Another clip features a woman inhaling from an electronic cigarette into the camera.
—Francis Pilon (@FrancisPilon_) January 4, 2022
—Francis Pilon (@FrancisPilon_) January 4, 2022
According to Canadian television news, some passengers have appeared in reality TV shows. The Canadian Press. Pilon also tweeted that some of the passengers were social-media influencers.
Pilon stated that the charter flight attendants avoided the cabin during the flight because of the disruptive, maskless passengers.
Insider asked Nathaniel Oliva–Naud for comment but he didn’t immediately respond.
Sunwing Airlines sent an Insider statement confirming the news. “the behavior of a group of passengers was unruly and contravened several Canadian Aviation Regulations as well as public health regulations, prompting an investigation by Sunwing Airlines’ security department and an initial notification from Sunwing Airlines to Transport Canada.”
The airline also canceled the group’s flight back to Canada — which was scheduled for Wednesday — because the group wouldn’t accept all the airline’s safety terms and conditions, according to the statement from Sunwing Airlines.
Justin Trudeau, the Canadian Prime Minister, has since spoken out against this video.
“It’s a slap in the face to see people putting themselves, their fellow citizens and airline workers at risk by being completely irresponsible,”According to the, he stated that he had spoken on Wednesday. Associated Press.
“Like Canadians who have seen those videos, I’m extremely frustrated,”He added. “This is a situation Transport Canada takes extremely seriously and we are following up.”
The Canadian Press reported that 111 Private Club — which bills itself as “an exclusive private group (by invitation only)” — took credit for the New Year’s trip to Mexico and called it the “best event of the year.”
Canadian Press reported that 111 Private Club had also uploaded a screenshot of a newspaper story about the flight. It captioned it with “we made the news.”
James William Awad — who appears to run the company — has since posted about the incident on Twitter, writing “a simple party on a plane did all this buzz.”Insider asked James William Awad for comment but Awad didn’t immediately respond.
—James William Awad (@111jameswilliam) January 5, 2022
Insider was sent a joint statement by Canada’s Minister for Transport Omar Alghabra and Jean-Yves Duclos (Minister of Health), and Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino. They stated that each violation could result in a fine of up to $5,000CAD ($3,937 USD).