A Jet2 traveller has been arrested after threatening other passengers on a flight heading to a much-loved holiday spot.

The flight took off from Leeds Bradford Airport to head to Alicante when it had to turn around just 100 miles from where it had set off.

The plane was soaring above Leicester when the "disruptive incident" took place.

The flight took off from Leeds Bradford Airport to head to Alicante when it had to turn around just 100 miles from where it had set off

The flight, which was carrying up to 188 passengers, was delayed by roughly four hours after returning to the Yorkshire airport.

Shocking footage that emerged after the fiasco showed a man wearing an orange t-shirt and jeans abusing fellow passengers in his aisle.

The unruly passenger was caught screaming: “Put your phone down and fight one on one.”

The surfaced video showed a passenger jumping out of their seat while others attempting to ease tensions, telling the man that he would be forced off the plane if his behaviour persisted.

Rapturous applause rallied around the plane after police officers at Leeds Bradford Airport came onto to the flight

The disruptive traveller pounded his chest before being embroiled in another abusive rant.

Another flyer attempted to calm those around him down by saying: “Don’t rise to it. Let him get chucked off"

Rapturous applause rallied around the plane after police officers at Leeds Bradford Airport came onto to the flight to drag the man off the plane.

Upon the police's arrival, one passenger was heard saying: “Look behind you, lad! Look behind you, big boy! You w****r!”

Rapturous applause rallied around the plane after police officers at Leeds Bradford Airport came onto to the flight to drag the man off the plane

After the 30-year-old was taken of the plane, he could be seen being spoken to by three police officers and being searched.

The man was charged with entering an aircraft while drunk, West Yorkshire Police told The Sun.

Jet2 have also confirmed that he has also been slapped with a six-month ban on flying.

The flight eventually got back under way at 11pm, over four hours after it was supposed to depart Leeds Bradford Airport.

A spokesman for West Yorkshire Police said: "A 30-year-old man from Doncaster has been charged with entering an aircraft while drunk.

"He has been bailed to appear before Leeds magistrates on Monday, 8 September."

A Jet 2 spokesman said: "We can confirm that a disruptive passenger has received a six-month flying ban with us, following their appalling behaviour which led to flight LS491 from Leeds Bradford to Alicante having to return to Leeds Bradford so that police could offload them.

"As a family friendly airline, we take a zero-tolerance approach to disruptive passenger behaviour."