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A furious plane passenger was filmed as he branded an air hostess a ‘stupid fucking bitch’ after being served a turkey roll with the word ‘ham’ on the label.

The middle-aged man from Hampstead Heath, north London, was flying from Luton airport to Skopje, Macedonia, on Sunday morning when he ordered the £3.90 ‘turkey ham’ sandwich and a bottle of water.

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But mid-way through eating the turkey ham sandwich he noticed the word ‘ham’ on the package and came to the conclusion that he had been given a sandwich containing pork.

He said that the sandwich ‘didn’t taste like turkey’ – and flew into a rage because he believed that ‘ham’ meant it contained pork, which it does not.




He called over the Wizz Air stewardess and went on a furious rant – and demanding a refund, after becoming convinced the product contained pork – explaining that he cannot eat it due to his religion.

He’s heard saying: ‘I work in restaurants, I know what ham is. Ham is pork. It’s not tasting like turkey, it’s tasting like ham.

The man appears to have incorrectly believed that turkey ham is a pig product (Picture: ViralPress)

What is turkey ham? Turkey Ham is ready-to-eat processed meat made from cooked or cured turkey meat – and doesn’t contain any pork

‘This is not right, you should tell people there is pork, I’m a Muslim. It’s pork, darling. What the fuck is your problem stupid fucking bitch. She told me it’s not appropriate to touch my teeth.

‘You have given me ham, and you’re talking to me rude. I just tell you it’s ham, you tell me it’s not pork. It’s not nice, darling, you’re supposed to be nice to the customers. Take the water, too. I don’t want the water either. You are being very, very rude.’

The man appears to believe that turkey ham is a pig product – which would make it a violation of his Muslim beliefs.

Even when a senior male steward appeared and tried to calm the situation by explaining that turkey ham was in fact a term used to describe the processed meat, the irate passenger continued his outburst.

He lashed out at the air hostess, who tried to explain that the sandwich didn’t contain pork (Picture: ViralPress)

But the passenger refused to listen (Picture: ViralPress)

The cabin crew eventually refunded the man €4.50 for the sandwich and €2 (£1.7) for the bottle of the water, which he kept.

The bizarre scene was captured by a passenger sitting in the aisle seat next to the man. They described it as ‘quite surreal’.

The filmer added: ‘He was getting increasingly angry. I was a bit concerned when his voice was raised and he was swearing.

‘He was sure that this roll contained pork. He said he couldn’t eat pork because of his religion.

The man eventually returned the sandwich (Picture: ViralPress)

‘I suspect it was just a bad-tasting processed sandwich rather than a ham sandwich with pork inside. Nobody could convince him otherwise.’

The Kosovan, who moved to the UK almost two decades ago and lives in Hampstead Heath, North London, said afterwards: ‘I’m an Uber driver in London, I eat at the shops all the time. I know the taste of Turkey and the roll didn’t taste like Turkey.



‘She should have respected me and my religion. The customer is always right. She’s lucky. If this wasn’t here with people around I would have been more angry. ‘

A Wizz Air spokesperson said in a statement: ‘We have looked into this issue and can confirm that the sandwich served to the passenger did not contain pork or any product derived from pork.’

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