‘You can either be a man or you can be a coward… what are you?’ Moment millionaire Dragons Den star Touker Suleyman launches furious rant at easyJet worker on behalf of fellow passengers after flight was delayed by FOUR DAYS
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This is the moment businessman Touker Suleyman launched a furious rant at an easyJet worker after his flight was delayed by four days.
The Dragons Den star, 70, was trying to travel back to London after spending some time in Izmir, Turkey, for a pet fair.
Suleyman got into the heated conversation with the staff member on behalf of fellow passengers in the airport yesterday.
In a clip posted on Instagram by another passenger, he can be heard saying: ‘Make that decision, be a man. You either be a man or you can be a coward, what are you?’
The millionaire then said: ‘Let’s get them on the phone. What’s their number?’ Although it is unclear who Suleyman was referring to.
He then explained in the caption: ‘For those of you wondering what happened above. I had been to a pet fair in Izmir, unfortunately very few planes fly direct, EasyJet is one of them.
Dragons Den star Touker Suleyman, 70, launched a furious rant against easyJet on Monday after his flight was delayed by four days
Suleyman was seen having a heated conversation with an easyJet worker in a video he shared on Instagram, which was filmed by another passenger
‘On my return, which was scheduled to be at 9pm, we were informed it would be late, supposed to arrive in Gatwick at 11pm.
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‘We were then informed that a crew member was not well, and that 20 passengers had to be left behind. After an hour of people getting frustrated, I stepped in.
Suleyman claimed that easyJet offered 400 euros for their troubles but the businessman was not impressed.
He continued: ‘Easy Jet was offering 400 euros as compensation, bearing in mind the next flight was 4 days’ time, I went across to the easyJet employee, he looked very official, and I said that 400 euros was insufficient [for] people to be left behind, and perhaps he should increase the offer to 1,000 euros where passengers were willing to accept.
‘I said if you have no authority, then call London, which he did and compensation was increased to 500 euros, by now families were on there [sic] feet approaching over 2 hours, and I demanded that all families with children should board, people who had special difficulties and more.
‘EasyJet finally allowed them to board. Unfortunately easyJet informed passengers unless people volunteered to stay behind they would choose [a] compulsory 20 passengers and they would get 250 euros.
Suleyman continued: ‘EasyJet are not trained or equipment to deal with these things, definitely not compassionate!
‘I did my best to stand up for the passengers. The flight finally arrived around 3am in morning. EasyJet board should contact every passenger on flight from Izmir to London, and do the right thing and compensate every passenger 1000 euros for this saga. #toukertime’
He ended the rant by saying: ‘Any easyJet officials got the guts to contact me, I am welcome to get into a dialogue with them. Perhaps the CEO?’
The successful businessman was trying to travel back to London after spending some time in Izmir, Turkey for a pet fair
In 2015, Touker was asked to join the investors’ panel on Dragons’ Den and he has been a fixture on the show ever since
Suleyman is best known for being a multi-millionaire businessman and successful fashion investor.
In 2015, he was asked to join the investors’ panel on Dragons’ Den and he has been a fixture on the show ever since.
The 2015 Sunday Times Rich List estimated that he has a fortune in excess of £200million. Suleyman has two children but is not married.
MailOnline have contacted easyJet for a comment.
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