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'Disruptive' passenger restrained on Jet2 flight dies
- A passenger was restrained by fellow travellers and crew on a Jet2 flight from Cyprus to Manchester after allegedly attacking another passenger and a cabin crew member; he was handcuffed on landing, became unresponsive and died in hospital the next day.
- Greater Manchester Police and the Independent Office for Police Conduct have launched inquiries — the IOPC is reviewing the actions of the five officers who boarded the flight (they are being treated as witnesses).
- His family paid tribute saying he was a devoted father of three and a sports lover; passengers and aircrew were praised for helping to detain him.
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