A BRADFORD woman has been given a lifetime ban by Jet2 and slapped with a £5,000 bill after her "aggressive, abusive and dangerous" behaviour on a flight. 

A video of Catherine Bush squaring up to cabin crew went viral earlier this week and the Yeadon-based airline said they had "no choice" but to divert the plane.

"Ms Bush, from Bradford, displayed a catalogue of aggressive, abusive and dangerous behaviour onboard the aircraft, which included physical aggression towards other customers and our crew," said a spokesperson.

"As a result of her actions, the crew were left with no choice but to divert the aircraft, which was flying from Manchester to Antalya, to Vienna so that Austrian police could offload Ms Bush.

"This led to a short delay of approximately one hour and the flight continued safely to destination.

"Jet2.com will fully support the authorities with any subsequent investigation."

Phil Ward, Managing Director of Jet2.com, added: “Ms Bush displayed a continued pattern of appalling behaviour on the flight and she must now face up to the consequences of her actions.

"We have always made it abundantly clear that, as a family-friendly airline, we take a zero-tolerance approach to such behaviour and that we will vigorously pursue any costs incurred as a result of such an incident.

"Although such incidents are very rare, it is unacceptable that our customers and crew should have to experience it.

"We would like to apologise to anyone who had to experience this behaviour and we would like to commend our highly-trained crew for their exceptional handling of this difficult situation.”