Dragons’ Den star Touker Suleyman rants at easyJet staff over flight ‘delayed by four days’

Touker Suleyman got into a heated conversation with an easyJet staff member after his flight was delayed.

In an Instagram post, the Dragons’ Den star, 70, said he had been to a pet fair in Izmir, Turkey, and had been due to fly back to Gatwick airport but was told the flight would be late, a crew member wasn't well, and 20 passengers would be left behind.

“EasyJet was offering €400 as compensation... the next flight was four days time,” he added.

According to Flightradar24, flight U26594 left Izmir at 10:15pm BST on 30 September and landed in the UK at 2:29am BST.

EasyJet told The Independent: "18 passengers volunteered to travel on a later flight due to a cabin crew member feeling unfit to operate following a disruptive passenger on the previous flight... the flight capacity had to be reduced meaning some passengers were not able to travel.

“We asked for passengers to volunteer to transfer to a later flight free of charge and volunteers were provided with hotel accommodation as well as provided with compensation in line with regulations."