Jet2 passenger bites another man amid 'nasty' mid-air brawl on Leeds flight

A "vicious" brawl erupted on a Jet2 flight - with one passenger biting another on the neck.

The plane was returning from Antalya, Turkey, to Leeds when the incident unfolded on Friday December 6. A fellow traveller reported the two men, who were seated next to each other and appeared "drunk", suddenly started fighting.

The eyewitness recounted: "The guy on the end seat got up and went 'f***k off, you're doing my head in'. He tried to punch him and gouge his eyes out, but my partner intervened. There were a lot of fists flying, and one of them was biting his neck."

"The children were screaming. We run a boxing gym and are used to seeing this stuff but this was something else. It was really horrible and nasty. There was blood everywhere. I was left traumatised."

The plane had to be diverted to Bulgaria, where the two men were escorted off by police

The passenger said the brawl broke out about 45 minutes into the flight and lasted around five minutes before they calmed down. She added: "One of the guys pulled his [own] tooth out. I was told it was thrown somewhere on the plane."

The plane had to be diverted to Bulgaria, where the two men were escorted off by police. Due to the incident, the passenger said the plane had to land at London Stansted airport in the UK and didn't arrive until around midnight.

A coach was then arranged to take them back to Leeds. A representative from Jet2.com confirmed: "We can confirm that flight LS214 from Antalya to Leeds Bradford was diverted to Sofia Airport on Friday 6th December, so that police could offload two disruptive passengers."

They added: "As a family friendly airline, we take a zero-tolerance approach to such behaviour and both passengers have been banned from flying with us for life."

It comes after a mum who pushed a member of cabin crew in a foul-mouthed tirade on her flight back from a family holiday was spared jail. Shirley Devine, 44, was held by police when the plane travelling from Gran Canaria landed at Manchester Airport on September 30. Cops were told about Devine's abusive behaviour by airline staff caught up in her foul-mouthed fit of rage. Mid-flight, she had become "aggressive" after cabin crew noticed her sitting with her head resting on her arms.