Jet2 flight carnage as ‘drunk passenger bites man’s neck’ in horror brawl

Shocking footage shows a “nasty” brawl on a which reportedly saw a passenger bite the neck of another person on the .

The  flight was returning from Antalya in  and travelling towards  when the incident occurred on Friday, December 6.

One witness said the men, who had been sat next to each other, were “intoxicated” before they suddenly began fighting.

They told the SWNS: “The guy on the end seat got up and went ‘f*** off, you’re doing my head in’. He went to go and punch him and gorge his eyes out and my partner stopped that.

“There were a lot of fists throwing and one of them was biting his neck. The kids 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 passenger claimed that the fight broke out around 45 minutes into the flight, and lasted around five minutes.

She added: “One of the guys pulled his [own] tooth out. I was told it was thrown somewhere on the plane.”

It is reported that the plane then 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 then land at London Stansted Airport in the UK and did not arrive until around midnight

A coach was then arranged to take them back to Leeds.

A spokesperson for Jet2 said: “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.

“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.”