Portugal: Incident at Lisbon Airport

The below story is from the Portuguese newspaper, Correio da Manhã, and refers to an incident at Lisbon airport, which apparently occurred December 19 when a group of about 28 men decided they didn't want to wait to board their plane. The article has two videos of poor quality. The written article is translated by Fousesquawk.

https://www.cmjornal.pt/portugal/detalhe/video--grupo-de-28-pessoas-tenta-embarcar-mais-cedo-e-causa-disturbios-no-aeroporto-de-lisboa-veja-as-imagens?ref=HP_PrimeirosDestaques

Group of 28 people try to board earlier and cause "disturbances" at Lisbon Airport. See images.

Passengers try to board before the (designated) time. They had as their destination an African country

The PSP (Public Security Police)  announced this Thursday the detention of three men for crimes against public authority following "disturbances" on Sunday at Humberto Delgado Airport in Lisbon, with a group of 28 persons who tried to "board earlier".

A source of the Metropolitan Police Command of the Lisbon Public Security Police (COMETLIS) told Lusa that the group of passengers tried to board prior to the (designated) hour, on a flight with the destination of "an African country", with departure from Lisbon "at the end of the day" on Sunday.

The "disturbance" alert at the airport was given at 16:30 hours on Sunday involving a group of 28 persons, the source from COMETLIS indicated, resulting in the passengers being informed of the need to leave the embarkation area, but three disobeyed the police order and were detained.

The detained, three men, ages between 25 and 27 years, are "suspected of crime against public authority", at Humberto Delgado Airport in Lisbon and ended up not departing, continued the PSP without information  as to whether the remaining passengers of the group of 28 persons traveled on the Sunday flight.

"The suspects disobeyed a legitimate order communicated by the PSP officers to leave a restricted area of the international airport, which is governed by rules that safeguard airport security", COMETLIS informed in the statement.

The three men were advised by the airport security division of the PSP to leave the boarding area, but they refused to do so, and "they were given the legitimate order to leave the area, persisting in disorderly conduct towards the aviation company and the police officers", reads the document.

In addition, the suspects directed "threats" against the employee of the airline company.

According COMETLIS, the behavior of the men "was sufficient to alter the normal functioning of some services" of the airport, " and cause social alarm and worry among the other passengers who were transiting or awaiting their travel."

According to COMETLIS, the three detainees were delivered to the Criminal Court of Lisbon, Minor Crimes Section, of the Camarca Judicial Tribunal of Lisbon, where they are scheduled for a trial hearing on 6 January 2020.