A FLIGHT from England to Turkey was forced to make an emergency landing in Greece after a Brit passenger reportedly caused chaos onboard.
The flight from Manchester was seriously disrupted when a 39-year-old man – who was reportedly drunk – is alleged to have shouted at passengers and staff.
Passengers had no idea what would befall them as they set off from Manchester airport Credit: Getty
The captain was forced to land the plane at Thessaloniki airport in Greece Credit: Getty
Flyers faced hellish delays as their plane diverted to Thessaloniki Airport – roughly 750 miles from its final destination in the resort city of Antalya.
The commotion erupted during the four-and-a-half hour journey on Sunday night.
The disturbance forced the captain to interrupt the flight and touch down for the safety of the crew and passengers.
At the airport Greek police swiftly arrested the Brit and charged him with disturbance of order and dangerous interference with the aircraft.
The flight then continued on its path to sunny Antalya – dubbed the riviera of Turkey.
It comes just as a and force his way into a pilot’s cabin in a shocking mid-flight rampage.
Passengers and flight staff had to work together to stop the
In shocking video footage caught by a fellow traveller, the man was seen being detained by several passengers and flight crew.
And over the weekend a flight wheeled around mid-air after security officials mistakenly mistook .
A 16-year-old’s on the flight gave his fitness tracker the ominous-sounding name.
The FitBit then popped up as an available Bluetooth device called ‘bomb’ on a United Airlines flight from the US to Spain.
The tracker stayed active even after cabin crew demanded flyers to turn of all devices.
The terrifying device was in fact a FitBit which a 16-year-old on board had named “bomb”.
United Airlines confirmed that: “United flight 236 from Newark to Palma De Mallorca, Spain safely returned to Newark to address a potential security concern”.
“The flight continued on to Palma De Mallorca with a new crew”, they added.
The cheeky teen with the ominous-sounding fitness watch has not been charged.
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