Greek police arrested two British brothers for brawling after one accused the other of urinating on him, on a Jet2 flight from London to Crete on May 3.according to Greek media reports.
Brits, Alfie and Kenneth Springthorpe, from southeast London, were fined $A86,000 for the incident which was captured by a fellow passenger.
“The younger brother just kept saying ‘he p**sed on me what I was supposed to do’ and was quite upset and apologetic. Once they were off the flight a second bottle of Ciroc was found half empty.
Due to the on-board fight the Jet2 pilot,was forced to divert the Crete-bound flight and land in Corfu as the brothers continued their struggle mid-flight.
According to a passenger on the flight the cabin crew called for male passengers to come and assist by sitting around them.
“They continued shouting abuse at each other and we were then diverted to Corfu where the Greek police boarded.
“The younger brother and mum left the flight and the older brother was handcuffed and dragged from the plane as he refused to leave and could not stand.
“We then waited three-and-a-half hours to take off again while the head cabin crew went to the police station to give a statement, the mum got back on the plane and continued the flight.
“The younger brother just kept saying ‘he p**sed on me what I was supposed to do’ and was quite upset and apologetic. Once they were off the flight a second bottle of Ciroc was found half empty.
Jet2 released a statement about the incident on their website last month, saying: “Jet2.com has issued a bill for more than £50,000 to a pair of disruptive brothers, alongside a lifetime ban, after their aggressive and violent behaviour led to a flight having to be diverted last week.
“Alfie and Kenneth Springthorpe, from Sidcup, displayed a catalogue of appalling behaviour on-board the aircraft which included causing damage as well as unacceptable levels of aggression and even physical violence.
“As a result, the highly trained crew were left with no choice other than to divert the aircraft, which was flying from London Stansted to Heraklion (Crete), to Corfu so that police could offload them.
“This led to a delay of approximately three hours and 45 minutes before the flight continued safely to Crete.”
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