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Jet2 Manchester flight forced to divert after passenger attacks crew 'for no free champagne'
30.08.2022 - 13:15 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Video clips of a rowdy "OAP" hitting a member of Jet2 staff during a flight from Manchester Airport to Rhodes have been shared on TikTok.
The footage, which focuses on a grey-haired woman roughly in her 70s, shows the woman getting irritated, with another passenger saying her frustration started after the pensioner had her request for free champagne declined. The situation escalated until she struck a member of staff twice, and the flight was forced to divert to Munich to offload the woman to police.
Passengers on the flight, which flew out last Wednesday, August 26, claim the woman's anger started when she was told she couldn't have free champagne, prompting her to order a gin and tonic. Then, onlookers say the drink was taken away by members of the cabin crew after she continued to be aggressive.
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According to The Mirror, a male member of staff went over to try and speak with the woman, before having to try and restrain her arms when she violently flails them around. He went to sit down next to her before having to leap to his feet as the woman lashed out again, hitting him across the head.
The woman then smacked her head on the overhead locker, before reaching out and smacking the man across the face TWICE. Another member of staff came over to help restrain the woman, who fell back into her seat before the clip ended. One of the passengers on the flight, who wished to remain anonymous, told The Mirror that the woman also urinated in her seat before she was escorted off the plane by nine police officers.
They said: "A woman on the flight repeatedly asked the flight attendants for free champagne. The flight attendant told the
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