Plane passengers will get hefty fines if they carry on with common habit

Passengers should stay buckled up in their seats until it is time to disembark - but the common practice of scrambling to get bags first has irritated fellow passengers and flight attendants for years

Plane passengers in Turkey have been warned they will be fined if they rush out of their seats to get their bags before the aircraft comes to a complete stop at the gate. Penalties of up to £80 have already been issued in the nation, which says airlines are fed up with demanding and rude passengers who refuse to stay seated while the plane lands and taxis to the terminal.

Impatient passengers often stand up, reach for their bags and queue in the aisles for long periods - even before the aircraft is stationary. But now the Turkish Civil Aviation Authority is clamping down on this practice, which is said to irritate passengers and flight attendants. A source said: "According to the regulation, airlines are obliged to remind passengers to fasten their seatbelts during and after landing until they reach the parking position and to explicitly point out that any infringement will be reported to the aviation authority, and a fine will be impose."

This is a common issue worldwide, and many counties have hinted they are looking at following the same practice as Turkey.