An ‘aggressive woman’ who forced a flight to Newcastle Airport to land has been banned for life and fined almost £7,000.
The 42-year-old from Sunderland received a lifetime ban from Jet2 and has been fined £6,800 for costs incurred after a flight from Tenerife to Newcastle was diverted to Ireland on New Year’s Day.
Flight LS518, which was carrying 161 passengers and six crew, was en route from Tenerife to Newcastle when it had to land at Shannon Airport in the West of Ireland after the passenger was verbally abusive to crew and became more disruptive as the flight progressed.
To protect the safety of everyone onboard she was offloaded and handed over to the local police. Passengers continued to Newcastle following a two hour delay.
Jet2 hands abusive Sunderland woman ban for life after she forced Newcastle Airport flight to land - Chronicle Live