Biting passengers on flight is no reason for cash compensation delay: EU court adviser

Air travellers cannot receive cash compensation if their flight is delayed by a passenger biting others and assaulting crew members, an adviser at the Court of Justice of the EU said Thursday. Such incidents were "extraordinary circumstances," advocate general Priit Pikamae wrote in a non-binding opinion, a form of guidance that is normally followed by the court. A traveller flying from Brazil to Norway via Portugal in Aug. 2017 with TAP sought E600 compensation in accordance with EU law, after his flight departed late from the Brazilian city of Fortaleza. The plane had to be diverted to disembark a passenger biting and assaulting crew members before it could land back in Brazil, delaying the following outgoing flight. <br/>