Jetstar flight to Bali forced to turn back due to unruly passenger.

JETSTAR BOEING 787-8 VH-VKK (MSN 36237)

A Jetstar flight travelling from Melbourne (MEL/YMML) to Denpasar (DPS/WADD) yesterday had been forced to make a U-turn back to Melbourne after an unruly woman onboard launched an expletive-laden rant at passengers.

It is understood the drama began three hours into the flight, with several passengers forced to intervene and the woman in question eventually being smacked in the face. Jetstar flight JQ43 took off from runway 34 at 10.52am on Monday and got as far as Alice Springs before being forced to turn around, landing back in Melbourne at 2.45pm.

Footage filmed by passengers shows the woman stood up and started screaming in one man’s face, as worried cabin crew stood behind her.

“A woman went loopy and banged on the cockpit door because she thought someone stole her phone,” one passenger said.

“You don’t understand what the f*** is going, you do not understand any of this...” she screamed.

Another woman then approaches and tries to pull her away, by grabbing her by the face.

“Do not come at me, keep your f****** mouth shut”, the woman continues.

One passenger said the woman began screaming and eventually had to be restrained.

“I think some kids onboard were a bit scared,”.
Another passenger described the woman as the “passenger from hell”.
She was verbally abusing everyone in her path! Even shoving a fellow passenger holding a baby, the person wrote on social media.

The captain decided to return to Melbourne to get assistance from the Australian Federal Police after a passenger became disruptive just under two hours into the flight, the airline said in a statement.

Passengers spent last night back in Melbourne and Jetstar will add an additional flight today.

Aircraft Information:

Airline: Jetstar

Code: JQ/JST

Aircraft: Boeing 787-8

Registration: VH-VKJ

Serial Number: 36236

Engines: 2 x GEnx-1B

First Flew: 30th April 2015

Age: 8.9 Years