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Danya Bazaraa & Victoria Williams & Hannah Mackenzie Wood

Jet2 flight heading to UK diverted to Portugal due to disruptive passenger

Holidaymakers returning on a Jet2 flight back to the UK from Gran Canaria were forced to touch down in Portugal due to a disruptive passenger.

The plane, due to land at Newcastle Airport, was diverted to Porto 1,100 miles away so that the troublesome flyer could be removed from the aircraft.

Flight number LS542 departed at 9.30pm on Sunday May 15 and had been due to arrive back in Newcastle at roughly 2am, the Mirror reports.

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