A 22-year-old British holidaymaker was deported from Morocco after Ryanair staff allegedly refused to let her retrieve her passport from her seat on the plane. Rebecca McCurry, from Lochgilphead in Scotland, had just landed in Marrakesh with three friends when she realised she had left her passport on board.
Despite noticing the mistake within five minutes of disembarking, she claims she was not allowed back onto the aircraft. Ryanair staff reportedly told her they had found nothing after 'sweeping the plane', although the airline later admitted she had 'misplaced their passport on board'. The passport was later discovered by passengers on the return flight exactly where she had left it.
McCurry, who suffers from chronic pain, said she was subjected to an 'intimidating' three-hour questioning by border police, during which she 'passed out multiple times' from stress. She claims police laughed at her and told her she might have to wait five days for a deportation flight, despite the plane she arrived on still being on the runway.
After being left at a fast food restaurant, McCurry was eventually deported to Manchester Airport. She later had to pay £30 to retrieve her passport from Ryanair, after spending over a month trying to contact the airline. Ryanair stated that the passenger was 'correctly denied entry to the country'.
