EasyJet kick Jo Wood off packed flight from Spain

THE ex-wife of Rolling Stones star Ronnie Wood has said she is ‘furious’ after being refused permission to get on an overbooked EasyJet flight on her way home from a romantic Easter break.

Jo Wood, pictured, was due to fly from Murcia to London Gatwick on Tuesday and had checked in at the airport with her boyfriend. But when they went to board the plane, the couple were told only one of them could get on as it had been overbooked.

The pair were then forced to buy alternative flights with Ryanair as EasyJet could not put them on another plane.

The mother-ofthree said: ‘I was furious. I was panicking. I have a little house in Murcia, I went there with my boyfriend for Easter, I booked the flights three weeks ago, I booked my seat and everything.’

The 62-year-old added: ‘We got to the airport, we checked in, we got our boarding passes, we were in front of the gate to go on the plane and they came up and they said, “Only one of you can go, it’s either you,” pointing to me, “Or your friend here”. I said, “Hey I’m not going without him” and he said, “I’m not going without her”.’

Miss Wood had to get back for filming and her builder boyfriend Paul Scarborough, 53, had work on Wednesday morning at 5am.

They then had to book two flights with Ryanair to Stansted as EasyJet could not fit them on another flight. They did not get back to her Camden home in London until 1am – nearly eight hours later than they were supposed to.

She added: ‘I just think it’s outrageous that they can overbook and then pick on anybody they want to take off the flight.

‘I’m fortunate enough to be able to buy another ticket home but for other people who have saved up, what do they do? It’s not right. They have to change something.’