Crew Reported An 'Extremely Disruptive Passenger' On Board The Jet2 Airplane

The Royal Air Force scrambled two fighter jets Saturday to escort a Jet2 airliner back to London after the crew reported a "extremely disruptive passenger" on board. The passenger, identified as a 25-year-old woman, was arrested when the airplane landed.

CNN reports that the flight had departed London Stansted Airport en route to Dalaman in southwest Turkey. The RAF jets were sent to intercept the passenger plane about 20 minutes into its flight. An Essex Police spokeswoman said that the passenger had been arrested "on suspicion of two assaults and endangering an aircraft."

A Jet2 spokeswoman said in a statement to CNN that the airline was "aware of an incident regarding an extremely disruptive passenger on a flight from Stansted to Dalaman" on Saturday.

"The aircraft has returned safely, and we are liaising with the relevant authorities to support their investigation."

The RAF jets were identified as being Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft. Several residents of the nearby town of Bishops Stortford called an emergency phone number reporting they heard sounds like explosions about the time of the incident. Essex police said it was likely those sounds were sonic booms generated by the Typhoons as the descended into Stansted airspace.

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FMI: Source report