A passenger who took off on a British Jet2 flight from Manchester to Antalya began to riot after takeoff. The woman raged and behaved violently towards the passengers and crew because of babies crying on the plane and even slapping them, he said until he was present at the scene.
Another passenger who was on the plane said: “About an hour and 20 after take-off, the passenger started complaining and shouting. She reached the front of the plane, got angry at the crew and did not calm down. Her screams became louder and she started behaving aggressively and screaming at people. One of the passengers told her something. “And she slapped him in the face. Another passenger got up to intervene and tried to calm the woman down but without success.”
By then, the crew had already made a decision to incite the flight and make a landing at Vienna Airport in Austria to get the rioting passenger off the plane. This caused an unnecessary delay and the passengers who boarded a flight that is 4 and a half hours long – arrived in Antalya almost two hours later than planned. “This is the first time I was on a flight that had to land in the middle of the road because of another person. No one was able to calm this passenger down. She lost control,” the passenger added. On behalf of Jet2, an apologetic text message was sent to all passengers who were on the flight: “Hello, we are sorry that following a riot by one of the passengers on the plane, we had to land in Vienna. We are working to get you to your destination as soon as possible.”
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The flight took off from Vienna about an hour later and landed in Antalya an hour and a half late than the scheduled time. Jet2 confirmed that the incident did take place and that the flight successfully continued to be destined after the passenger was dropped off: “Flight LS895 from Manchester to Antalya was directed to land in Vienna earlier today to allow us to drop off a passenger who rioted during the flight.” The experience of the passengers and crew. “