Overview
- Flight LS896 from Antalya to Manchester diverted to Brussels, where Belgian police removed two disruptive passengers before the journey resumed.
- Jet2 confirmed lifetime bans for the pair and said it will pursue them to recoup the costs incurred by the diversion under its zero‑tolerance policy.
- Viral passenger video shows multiple travellers trading punches in the aisle as cabin crew and others tried to restrain those involved.
- Eyewitnesses reported the confrontation followed heavy drinking and racist insults, including one man calling another a “Muslim mug.”
- The aircraft reached Manchester at about 10:45 p.m., several hours late, with passengers cheering as the men were taken off the plane in Brussels.