A plane travelling to Turkey from Manchester Airport had to be diverted to Vienna this morning after a passenger became disruptive and was said to have slapped other passengers during the flight.
The Jet2 flight to Antalya left Manchester at around 9.15am on Monday morning (March 21). It had been due to arrive in Turkey almost four and a half hours later.
However, following an incident involving a ‘disruptive’ passenger onboard, the flight had to land at Vienna almost two and a half hours into the flight at around 11.40am.
It then set off again for Antalya at 1pm, before arriving shortly after 3pm. READ MORE: Warning to drivers as M56 near airport set to be closed all weekend One passenger onboard the plane told the Manchester Evening News that a female passenger became disruptive ‘about an hour and 20 minutes’ into the flight. “There was lots of noise,” the passenger, who asked not to be identified, said. “Then she came to the front of the plane.
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