The flight was forced to divert to Brussels with two Jet2 passengers now banned
13:54, 13 Feb 2026Updated 13:56, 13 Feb 2026
A brawl broke out on board the Jet2 flight(Image: Facebook)
Two unruly passengers were removed from a Jet2 flight to Manchester by Belgian police after a brawl broke out. The pair have now been banned by the airline over their ‘appalling behaviour’ on board flight LS896 from Antalya, in Turkey, on Thursday evening (February 12).
But video footage of the incident, circulating online, appears to show several other passengers caught up in the melee. One clip appears to show three men standing in the aisle of the plane, with one reaching out to grab a passenger’s phone, before attempting to grab the face of the man in front.
The passenger at the centre of the melee appears to be pushed back, before another man attempts to diffuse the situation – only for another passenger stood further back to start pointing towards someone else. That man then appears to push the first man involved in the disorder, before reaching out to grab him.
Passengers can be heard shouting in the footage, including one man who says: “Get back.” A number of other passengers then appear to become embroiled in the brawl, including a woman who gets out of her seat.
Moments later, one passenger can be seen in a headlock from another man on-board, while a member of cabin crew can be seen moving the first man involved towards the back of the plane. Other passengers can be seen stood up watching proceedings, while several shouts and screams can be heard.
Other passengers appeared to get caught up(Image: Facebook)
Towards the end of the footage – which has sections edited out – a police officer can be seen removing one passenger from the ground, with another heard chanting: “Time to go, time to go.” Police stormed the flight after it was forced to divert to Brussels, with the Jet2 plane finally making its way to Manchester late last night.
A spokesperson for Jet2 said: “Flight LS896 from Antalya to Manchester diverted to Brussels yesterday, due to the appalling behaviour of two disruptive passengers. They were both offloaded by police in Brussels and the flight continued to Manchester.
“We can confirm that the two disruptive passengers will be banned from flying with us for life, and we will also vigorously pursue them to recover the costs that we incurred as a result of this diversion. As a family friendly airline, we take a zero-tolerance approach to disruptive passenger behaviour, and we are very sorry that other customers and our colleagues onboard had to experience this too.”