The man, of Ashington, Northumberland, was questioned by police on suspicion of endangering the safety of an aircraft. The pilot told me he had been flying for 20 years and that is the only time anything like that has happened.’ ‘When we were on the ground and realised what had happened it was quite disturbing. We didn’t know that he had tried to open the door until we landed and I’m quite grateful for that. The 35-year-old said: ‘It was terrifying. Gavin McCallum, from Billingham, Teesside, was on the flight with his wife Sarah, 30, and children Freya, three, and Jack, two. ‘There were a lot of kids on the plane screaming their heads off.’ One of the girls I was with started having a panic attack and there were quite a few people crying. He said: ‘We just heard a big bang and then he started going for the door. The pilot made an emergency landing at Gatwick Airport The incident occurred on a Newcastle-bound flight which left from Palma, Majorca (pictured), yesterday morning.
Then as soon as it came to a stop about six police officers ran on board and arrested him.’Īfter police took statements from passengers and the plane was refuelled, the holidaymakers were able to continue their return journey to Newcastle.ĭan Alberts, 20, from Bensham, Gateshead, who was on the flight with a group of friends, said he heard one air hostess shout to the man that he could have killed everyone on board. The passenger continued: ‘The plane went down really quickly, it was quite a dodgy landing. They then used around eight seatbelts to tie him up.Ĭhildren were crying and passengers were panicking as the plane made its sudden descent. With help from other passengers the air hostesses managed to restrain the passenger and wrestle him into a seat. Shaken: The McCallum family from Billingham, Teesside, told of their mid-flight terror, as a crazed passenger on their Thomson flight from Palma, Mallorca to Newcastle, tried to open the plane's door at 36,000ft
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