A shocking incident on a flight has been going viral on the Internet, where a female passenger was seen smoking inside the cabin. The incident took place on a flight from Istanbul to Cyprus. The woman,
dressed in a blue burqa and sunglasses, was seen sitting by the window when she began smoking a cigarette inside the plane. She blatantly violated in-flight safety regulations, which strictly prohibit passengers from smoking inside the plane.
As seen in the clip, the woman, who was sitting alone in her row, takes a puff and pulls down her burqa to exhale the smoke discreetly into the cabin air. However, the smell gave her away. A man, sitting on the seat in front of her, quickly looked back at her to check if she was really smoking. He then removed the seat cover to prevent any mishap. The cabin crew, too, acted swiftly and snatched the cigarette from her hand.
The Cabin Crew Intervened To Stop The Woman From Causing Chaos
Things took a turn for the worse as the woman then took out a lighter and tried to set the cover of the seat on fire. She did not stop there. The woman then took out a piece of white cloth and tried to light that as well. But the crew acted immediately and tried to take away her lighter, which she resisted. Another crew member reached her seat with a bottle of water, pouring it over the flame to extinguish it.
The video shared by The Sun on Monday, August 11, on X has garnered over 2.5 million views. People have expressed concerns over violations of such safety regulations, while a section slammed her for her actions. Meanwhile, a few other users pointed out that the incident happened years ago and isn’t a recent one.
Woman attempts to smoke on plane and burn seat cover pic.twitter.com/8vf0JQLW4q
— The Sun (@TheSun) August 11, 2025
When Did The Shocking Smoking Incident On The Flight Take Place?
Reportedly, the bizarre incident took place in 2019. According to several media reports, the original video was posted on X, where the woman on the plane going from Istanbul to Northern Cyprus threatened to “blow up” the aircraft as it was taxiing at the Istanbul airport. She shouted, “I am an FETO member, and I will blow up the aircraft.” The woman was later detained by the authorities.
She was allegedly from the Gülen organisation, which has been classified by Turkiye as a terrorist organisation under the names Fethullah Terrorist Organisation (FETO) and Parallel State Structure (PDY). FETO was behind a failed coup in the country in 2016.
