Plane diverted to eject passenger

A drunk plane passenger’ s behaviour was so bad a pilot diver ted a flight for the first time in his 20- year career. Uche Ezedinma, who was travelling with his mother, had to be physically restrained after repeatedly abusing members of the cabin crew on the Virgin Atlantic flight from Gatwick to St Lucia on 28 January last year.

He spa ta ta flight attendant, punched overhead locker sand smoked in the toilets. The flight was diverted to the Azores so he could be removed. Ezedinma, 36, was jailed for 14 months.