A group of Canadian social media influencers and reality TV stars are stranded in a foreign country after their behaviour onboard a flight was so bad, airlines are refusing to fly them home.
The group of around 30 people was onboard a chartered flight from Montreal to Cancun in Mexico on December 30 when the misbehaviour took place.
Video of the group, known as the 111 Private Club, were shared across social media showing them dancing on seats, drinking alcohol from the bottle and even vaping on the flight.
The organiser, who identified himself online as James William Awad, wrote on Twitter on Wednesday that a "simple party" on a plane was behind the controversy.
"I will take a moment to sit down and rethink everything," he said. "Especially how I can do things better next time."
Awad organised the trip for the group that included Karl Sabourin from the popular Quebec show Occupation Double, along with Sandrine Seguin and Anna-Maelle Laprise, who both appeared on a local version of Love Island.
Another of the passengers was Rebecca St-Pierre, a 19-year-old student from Quebec who said she won the free trip in a contest on Instagram.
"I was expecting a relaxing week, where I was going to be careful," she told the Canadian Press. "But this turns out to be an expensive trip for something that was supposed to be free.
"The organiser just left everybody. I don't know who's still here. All the flights have been cancelled."
The party was short-lived as the passengers now have no way home, with all three airlines that can get them back to Quebec refusing to fly them home.
Sunwing Airlines cancelled the return charter flight that had been scheduled, while Air Transat - which labelled them as "disruptive passengers" - and Air Canada refused to issue the group boarding passes.
"To the extent that we can identify the passengers who were part of the group, Air Canada is denying boarding to ensure the safety of other passengers and its crew," the airline said in a statement.
The mile-high antics also drew criticism from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
He said the out of control passengers were a group of "idiots" and it was a "slap in the face" to everyone who has been following public health restrictions.
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