{"id":761103,"date":"2026-06-26T07:46:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T07:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/761103\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T07:46:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T07:46:22","slug":"jet2-passenger-callum-kerr-dies-after-he-was-restrained-on-flight-to-manchester-over-disruptive-behaviour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/761103\/","title":{"rendered":"Jet2 passenger Callum Kerr dies after he was restrained on flight to Manchester over \u2018disruptive\u2019 behaviour"},"content":{"rendered":"

A father has died after he was retrained by fellow passengers and cabin crew following reports he acted aggressively on board a flight from Cyprus to the UK.<\/p>\n

Callum Kerr, 35, boarded Jet2 flight LS966 from Larnaca to Manchester on June 21 with his girlfriend when he allegedly became \u201caggressive\u201d and \u201cdisruptive\u201d towards airline staff and other travellers during the journey.<\/p>\n

According to a witness who spoke to local media outlet Manchester Evening News<\/a>, the father-of-three started acting hostile after drinking a significant amount of alcohol before take-off.<\/p>\n

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The passenger said she feared Mr Kerr \u201cwas going to kill someone\u201d as he allegedly threatened other travellers, punched overhead lockers, and banged on the door of the cockpit.<\/p>\n

Greater Manchester Police arrived at Manchester Airport at 2.25am on June 22, after being alerted to an incident where a man was \u201cbehaving aggressively towards passengers and crew\u201d.<\/p>\n

Officers boarded the aircraft to find the boxer \u201cbeing restrained by passengers and aircrew at the rear of the plane\u201d before they detained him in handcuffs.<\/p>\n

Shortly after restraining Mr Kerr, officers \u201cquickly\u201d realised he was \u201cunresponsive\u201d and administered CPR immediately.<\/p>\n

Mr Kerr was rushed to a nearby hospital, but despite the efforts of medical staff he could not be saved and died on June 23.<\/p>\n

The young dad\u2019s heartbroken family paid tribute to Mr Kerr in a touching statement provided to police.<\/p>\n

\u201cCallum was a family man, father to three beautiful young children, a lover of sport and with a heart of gold,\u201d the family said.<\/p>\n

Police later released a statement, as cited by Manchester Evening News<\/a>, saying a mandatory referral to the police watchdog Independent Office for Police Conduct had been made.<\/p>\n

\"CallumCallum Kerr was a boxer and father-of-three. Credit: Greater Manchester Police<\/p>\n

The force added reports of assaults on a passenger and member of cabin crew were also submitted.<\/p>\n

The watchdog said it will examine \u201cthe actions and decision-making of the officers involved to understand the events surrounding the man\u2019s death\u201d.<\/p>\n

Jet2 confirmed the distressing incident in an initial statement saying an investigation had been launched.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can confirm that flight LS966 from Larnaca to Manchester requested a priority landing on (Monday 22nd June), due to a disruptive passenger incident,\u201d the airline said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can confirm that a passenger has been taken to hospital. As an investigation is underway, it would be inappropriate for us to make any further comment at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n

The airline later issued a follow-up statement to send well wishes to the family following confirmation of Mr Kerr\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are aware that a customer has sadly passed away, having been taken to hospital earlier this week,\u201d a Jet2 spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe would like to offer our sincere condolences to the customer\u2019s friends and family. As investigations are ongoing, it would be inappropriate for us to make any further comment at this time.<\/p>\n

\u201cMr Kerr has now been formally identified. In a statement issued through police, his family said: \u201cCallum was a family man, father to three beautiful young children, a lover of sport and with a heart of gold.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A father has died after he was retrained by fellow passengers and cabin crew following reports he acted…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":761104,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[64,63,99,1720],"class_list":["post-761103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-business","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=761103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/761104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=761103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=761103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=761103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}