EasyJet flight forced into emergency landing after screaming woman causes chaos

An easyJet flight heading to the North West was forced to make an emergency landing after a woman reportedly 'hit a man over the head with a carrier bag', according to passengers onboard.

The flight, which was heading from Dalaman in Turkey to Liverpool John Lennon airport on Wednesday, was forced to land in Venice 'due to three passengers behaving disruptively onboard'. The aircraft, which took off at 9.55pm, was then met by Italian police when it landed, the Liverpool Echo reports.

The passengers were escorted off by officers. Neil Houlker, from Nelson in Lancashire, was onboard the plane with his wife and daughter.

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The 52-year-old described how the passengers were swearing and drinking. He said the woman 'should never have been allowed on the plane'.

He said: "We boarded the plane in Dalaman and there were two and three people missing. The plane was due to depart early but they had to wait for these people.

"This lady boarded the plane and was shouting 'where's row 31', she had quite obviously been drinking. As she was shouting, two of the cabin crew looked at each other, the woman should never have been allowed on the plane.

"We were at the front of the plane and they were at the back and the cabin crew had to keep coming to speak to them. It was just general disruption, shouting, swearing and drinking.

"There was a free seat behind us and a man was moved because of the disruption. The pilot had to do an announcement to say they would not tolerate any disruption."

Neil said he noticed the plane starting to descend