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The incident took place when the woman passenger turned violent towards the cabin crew and tried to open the aircraft doors.

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Published: Fri 19 Jul 2019, 10:38 AM

Last updated: Sat 20 Jul 2019, 9:06 AM

Two RAF jets had to escort Jet2 passenger plane back to Stansted Airport safely after a 25-year-old woman threw a terrifying violent fit mid-air and opened emergency doors. The two Typhoon fighter jets caused a sonic boom as they flew to chase the plane and escort it on June 22.
Chloe Haines, 25, has been sent an £85,000 bill by the airline, accusing her of a 'catalogue of aggressive, abusive and dangerous behaviour'.  The incident took place on a flight bound for Dalaman in Turkey when the woman passenger turned violent towards the cabin crew members and tried to open the aircraft doors.
Haines was restrained by cabin crew and other passengers while the flight had to be escorted back to Stansted Airport by two Typhoon fighter jets. A former bouncer who had helped tackle Haines to the ground said she kicked, punched and screamed at the stewards. "She was only petite but she had the strength of a fully-grown man. The only time I've seen anything like that was when someone had just dropped acid, she had super strength," said the passenger.
While another passenger, Amy Varol, who was sat behind Haines, said, "Then a man sat on her and one person was holding her leg and someone else holding the other one. That's when she started screaming 'get off me, I'm going to kill everyone," The Sun reported.
Haines, of Maidenhead in Berkshire, was arrested by Essex Police upon landing. While Jet2 said in a statement that Haines was slapped with an £85,000 bill and a lifetime ban from the airline.
Steve Heapy, chief executive of Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, said, "Miss Haines' behaviour was one of the most serious cases of disruptive passenger behaviour that we have experienced. She must now face up to the consequences of her actions, and we will vigorously pursue to recover the costs that we incurred as a result of this divert, as we do with all disruptive passeng


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