A customer has been handed a “lifetime ban” from an airline after a flight from Stansted Airport had to be diverted. A Jet2 flight that was due to leave Stansted at 5.55am on Tuesday (August 5) and travel to Crete had to be diverted back to Stansted.

This was due to a passenger who was allegedly acting aggressively towards staff. Luke Halpin, who was a passenger on the flight, said he missed “almost a whole day” of his all-inclusive holiday due to the “debacle”.

He added: “It was delayed until 7.30am and eventually took off. Then we were about an hour and 15 minutes into the flight when the captain made the decision to turn the plane around and return to Stansted.

“This resulted in us not taking off again until 12pm lunchtime.”

Jet2 has given the customer a “lifetime ban” from its flig

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