35-YEAR-OLD ABUSED CABIN CREW, ARGUED WITH PASSENGERS AND WAVED CASH ON FLIGHT TO TURKEY

listen to me. I deserve more champagne. I have been good. When am I going to get this champagne?”

He was told others had to be served first but continued to shout and swear at the crew member, claiming to be in a gang who could sort her out.

He argued with another passenger and waved money around saying: “Get the police on here. I will pay my way out.”

Fearing he might endanger the aircraft, a decision was made to divert, although the captain only announced turbulence when he put the ‘seatbelt on’ sign to avoid alarm.

Qureshi refused to take his seat for landing and accused the crew member of being racist. He called a passenger a “fat bitch” and said to a child: “What are you looking at? You are not even mine.”

He was escorted off the plane after it landed. It then continued to Turkey two and a half hours late, with the incident costing Jet2 £6,500.

Qureshi, 35, of Hawke Avenue, Heckmondwike, admitted interfering with a cabin crew member’s duties. Glen Parsons, representing him, said he had developed a phobia of travelling following a car accident and had been drinking before boarding.

Mr Parsons said: “He is extremely embarrassed and ashamed of his conduct.”

Jailing Qureshi, the Recorder of Leeds, Judge Peter Collier QC said: “Being confined within a small tube high in the sky when somebody misbehaves can become a very frightening experience for all.”

He was banned from boarding Jet2 aircraft in future.